- Date
- January 26, 1985, 18:02 local (Jan 27, 1985, 02:02 UTC)
- Place
- White City, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7277MCessna 175
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850126001649A
- Case key
- 40031
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Analysis
The acft crashed after stalling during a go-around attempt. Witnesses said the acft was on final approach to the unlighted arpt with 40 degrees of flap when the go-around attempt was made. The acft rolled and turned 180 degrees before impacting the ground nose first.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft handling - improperCause
Stall - uncontrolledCause
Light condition - dusk
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7277M
- Reported as
- Cessna 175
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17555577
- Airframe hours
- 3,010
- Engine
- Continental GO-300 SERIES, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J.D. Mccollough
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 11, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- Eugene, OR
- Destination
- White City, OR
- Airport
- Beagle Sky Ranch, runway 32, 3,000 × 200 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 100 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MFR, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.