- Date
- May 31, 1982, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Waldport, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6777TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820531019919A
- Case key
- 72944
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Analysis
The pilot elected to make a normal takeoff from a field of tall, wet grass. Acceleration was noted to be less than desired and the takeoff was aborted. The aircraft continued into a ditch in the overrun area.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6777T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 01049
- Airframe hours
- 2,028
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lyle C. Adams
- Registered owner
- Lyle C. Adams
- Departed
- OR04 · Waldport, OR
- Destination
- Albany, OR
- Airport
- OR04 · Wakonda Beach State, runway 16, 1,900 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 473 total · 264 in this make and model · 351 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 127 °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 N6777T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.