- Date
- February 18, 1990, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Harford, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45371Cessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900218002759A
- Case key
- 36614
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A loss of braking action which allowed the aircraft to run into trees after the pilot made a precautionary landing due to a rough running engine of undetermined cause.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot expereinced a rough running engine and made a precautionary landing on a frozen lake. Subsequently, the aircraft skidded into trees on the opposite shore due to a lack of braking action. No specific reason was found for the rough running engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45371
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG1115
- Airframe hours
- 1,708
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry Butler
- Registered owner
- Henry T Butler, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1989 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- Harford, PA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 712 total · 662 in this make and model · 666 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.