Plane Crash List

Cessna 177 N30654

2 September 1985 · Glandorf, Ohio, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 2 September 1985 at about 20:15 local time, a Cessna 177 registered N30654 was involved in an accident near Glandorf, Ohio, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Glandorf, Ohio, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 177
Registration
N30654
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Grand Rapids → Mt. Vernon
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI85LA365

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
5 0 0 0 5

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE FLT THE PROP PITCH BEGAN TO VARY, OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO AND THE ENG BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. A FORCED LANDING ENSUED DURING WHICH THE ACFT CONTACTED A DITCH. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENG DISCLOSED THE #3 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD AND CRANKSHAFT JOURNAL WERE BADLY BURNED AND SCARRED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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