- Date
- May 6, 1975
- Place
- Cottage Grove, OR · COTTAGE GROVE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N30039Cessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750506009949A
- Case key
- 170737
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1495 75/5/6 COTTAGE GROVE,OR CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 431 TIME - 2115 N30039 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTAGE GROVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COTTAGE GROVE,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PULLED MIXT CTL INSTEAD OF CARB HEAT. HIT RIVER, BOUNCED ONTO ISLAND INTO LOGS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30039
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cottage Grove
N30039Registration cancelled Sep 25, 2012 · Cessna 177Airframe modelCessna 177Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N30039 · 1
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