NTSB investigations: Cessna 177, 1985

10 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Cessna 177. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations: Cessna 177, 1985 per year, 1965–2026: 800 cases
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE year(c.\"eventDate\") = 1985
    AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2073704'))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB CHI86LA040Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Crookston, MNWhile doing a 270 degree turn on base leg for runway realignment the pilot permitted the acft to fly into the ground.Dec 5, 1985 · N3386T · Substantial damageNTSB LAX86LA044Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Stockton, CAAfter performing a preflight inspection of his acft, the PIC along with a CFI who was acting as his safety plt, and another passenger departed. The CFI reportedly had logged over 19,000 hours & possessed an ATP certificate. The PIC did not report having any…Nov 22, 1985 · N3459T · Substantial damageNTSB MIA85LA230Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Vieques, PRThe CFI and student plt utilized a homemade dipstick to check the fuel tanks & determined they had about 8 gals of fuel in the tanks. About 30 minutes after takeoff the eng failed and all restart attempts were negative. The acft was ditchedin about 25 ft of…Aug 12, 1985 · N30232 · Substantial damageNTSB ATL85LA218Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Stanton, KYThe pilot reported that during takeoff, he believed that the flight controls were not responding to control inputs. Moments after lift-off, he aborted the takeoff. The airplane continued off the departure end of the runway, where the nose gear and engine…Jul 17, 1985 · N3150T · Substantial damageNTSB NYC85FFA02Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportCessna 177 · Claryville, NYThe acft impacted trees during a precautionary lndg due to the plts EST of a low fuel state. The flt had proceeded r enroute to an intended dest of oxford me from frederick MD without filling a flt plan. After aprx 3 hrs of flying on a 60 degree mag hdg the…Apr 23, 1985 · N3401T · Substantial damageNTSB MIA85LA174Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Ocala, FLThe plt stated that during the landing flare, he stalled the acft & landed hard.Apr 22, 1985 · N2370Y · Substantial damageNTSB LAX85FA197Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Fallbrook, CAAlthough aware of existing IMC conditions and reduced lighting with the setting of the sun, the plt attempted a visual apch to his home arpt which did not have an approved apch. His remarks to mcclellen-palomar twr, regarding the use of the on-board loran…Apr 10, 1985 · N2907X · DestroyedNTSB FTW85LA155Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Monroe, LAAprx 15 mins after departure, on final apch to Monroe regional arpt the eng lost pwr due to fuel exhaustion. During the forced landing the acft struck cable tv lines and trees causing a right yaw and uncontrolled descent to the ground. The student plt stated…Mar 19, 1985 · N2207Y · Substantial damageNTSB NYC85LA079Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Wheatfield, NYThe plt reported that during arrival, he made a complete landing check & applied carb heat before reducing power. He stated that when the power was reduced to 1900 to 2000 RPM, the eng suddenly stopped running. He attempted to restart the eng, but was unable.…Mar 10, 1985 · N30155 · DestroyedNTSB LAX85LA109Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 177 · Fullerton, CAOn landing, the acft porpoised after it touched down long & fast. A go-around was attempted, but too late, & the acft struck a fence at the end of the rwy. The owner of the acft a pre-solo student pilot, was a passenger. The 'pilot' left the scene & could not…Jan 14, 1985 · N3279T · Substantial damage