- Date
- March 3, 1990, 10:46 local (15:46 UTC)
- Place
- Oxford, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N34873Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900303003089A
- Case key
- 36617
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Probable cause
An off airport landing in unsuitable terrain following a power loss due to a delaminated ceet duct between the air intake screen and carburetor air box.
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 Cessna 177B experienced a power loss during takeoff and settled into trees as the pilot made a forced landing. The FAA reported that the ceet duct between the air intake screen and carburetor airbox had become delaminated on the inside and had collapsed, cutting off airflow to the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34873
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702058
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald P. Laramee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 26, 1989 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- MA08 · Oxford, MA
- Destination
- FIT · Fitchburg, MA
- Airport
- MA08 · Oxford, runway 2, 2,047 × 50 ft
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 362 total · 39 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N34873 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.