Cessna 177RG N34020

Summary

On 29 April 1986 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N34020, operated by PUC Flight Service, was involved in an accident near Placerville, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 April 1986 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Placerville, California, United States

Nearest airport

So. Lake Tahoe (TVL)

Coordinates

38.7304, -120.8007

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N34020

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

PUC Flight Service

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

So. Lake Tahoe → San Francisco

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX86LA199

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE ENROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO, CA THE ENGINE BEGAN TO OVERSPEED & THE PROP GOV CONTROL WAS NOT EFFECTIVE IN ARRESTING/CONTROLLING THE OVERSPEED CONDITION. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE DEPLETED TO ZERO. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN THE ICE HOUSE RESERVOIR. THE PLT & PAX WERE RESCUED BY LOCAL BOATERS. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE DISCLOSED THE GOVERNOR OIL PRESSURE LINE WAS CHAFFING AGAINST THE ENGINE CRANKCASE AND FRACTURED. THE LINE WAS NOT SECURED WITH CLAMPS AS REQUIRED BY THE AVCO LYCOMING MAINTENANCE MANUAL. A 100-HOUR INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE ACFT THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.