# NTSB SEA85FA050: Cessna 175, N7277M, White City, OR, January 27, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 26, 1985, 18:02 local (Jan 27, 1985, 02:02 UTC)
- Place: White City, OR
- Coordinates: 42.559295, -122.919868 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5593&lon=-122.9199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40031
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85FA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40031/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85FA050

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - aircraft handling - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dusk
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7277M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17555577
- Airframe hours: 3010
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850126001649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850126001649A), Jan 26, 1985: Cessna 175, White City, OR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Student attempted go around with full flaps. Stalled, struck ground. No medical or authorized solo. One passenger.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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