Cessna 177RG N46316

Summary

On 7 April 1988 at about 13:55 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N46316, operated by Dave L. Nicoll, was involved in an accident near Briceville, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 April 1988 at 13:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Briceville, Tennessee, United States

Coordinates

36.1596, -84.3008

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N46316

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dave L. Nicoll

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cape Girardeau → Lincolnton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88LA135

1 person had minor injuries.

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 STATED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED COFFEYVILLE, KS ON APR 5 FOR AN AIRPLANE DELIVERY FERRY FLT TO LINCOLNTON, NC HE LANDED AT CAPE GIRARDEAU AND REMAINED OVERNIGHT DUE TO ENROUTE WEATHER. HE DEPTD CGI THE FOLLOWING MORNING FOLLOWING A WX BRIEF THAT INDICATED MARGINAL CONDITIONS IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE FLT. AFTER AN UPDATE, HE ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB OVER THE REPTD CLOUD TOPS OF 15,000 FT. AT 14,000 HE NOTED THE CLOUDS STILL ABOVE AND ELECTED TO FLY BETWEEN LAYERS. AFTER ENCOUNTERING A SOLID CLOUDBANK, HE FOUND A HOLE AND DESCENDED BELOW THE CLOUDS. THE CLOUD BASES KEPT GETTING LOWER. AFTER ENTERING A VALLEY AND WHILE FLYING UP THE VALLEY, HE NOTED THE TREES WERE IN THE CLOUDS ALL AROUND. HE ENTERED A CLIMB AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AT 3,500 FT MSL. VFR MIN ALTITUDE FOR THE AREA WAS 3,900 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.