- Date
- October 1, 1988, 10:47 local (17:47 UTC)
- Place
- Bellingham, WA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2068QCessna 177RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881001048589A
- Case key
- 40945
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg the initial climb after takeoff, the eng lost power. Subsequently, the acft was damaged drg an emergency landing in a rough field northwest of the arpt. A post-acdnt eng run-up was made with a club prop installed. The eng operated normally to 1500 RPM with no discrepancies noted. However, a visual inspection of the fuel lines revealed the presence of a small/flat piece of rubber in the fuel distributor. The piece of rubber had the appearance of having been induced when a metal connector was inserted in a hose drg maintenance. This was the 2nd flt after fuel line maintenance.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2068Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG60468
- Airframe hours
- 2,529
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flying School Of The Cascades
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 30, 1988
- Airport
- BLI · Bellingham, runway 34, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,916 total · 165 in this make and model · 2,738 as pilot in command · 109 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.