- Date
- April 21, 1976
- Place
- Roseburg, OR · ROSEBURG, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N10081Cessna 177B
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760421012899A
- Case key
- 153333
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1028 76/4/21 NR.ROSEBURG,OR CESSNA 177B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 179 TIME - 1100 N10081 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSEBURG,OR KLAMATH FALLS,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- BOTH WGS & TAIL SECTION FAILED. WEA RPTD AS CLOUDY IN ACCDT AREA. RECOVERY DATE 4/24/76.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10081
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.