- Date
- September 19, 1990, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Christmas Valle, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29614Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900919041209A
- Case key
- 41282
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight and failure to maintain alignment during landing ground roll. Factors in the accident were the contaminated fuel and the soft terrain on the landing surface.
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.
Analysis
While in VFR cruise flt, the engine began running rough and the pilot decided to make a precautionary landing on a gravel road. The right landing gear entered soft dirt at the side of the road during landing ground roll and the pilot over corrected to the left. The acft swerved off the left side of the road, impacted a ditch and wire fence. A post accident exam revealed water in the fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29614
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700992
- Airframe hours
- 2,534
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald R. Eudy
- Registered owner
- G.A.A.S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 21, 1989 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- S07 · Bend, OR
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 204 total · 62 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM, 50 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.