Cessna 177RG N77RG
21 December 1973 · Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 21 December 1973 at about 16:58 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N77RG, operated by Ohio Valley AV, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:58
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Nearest airport
- Allegheny County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 177RG
- Registration
- N77RG
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Ohio Valley AV
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Paducah, Ky → W.mifflin, Pa
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3641
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
ON ILS APCH, FLD IN SIGHT.PLT REPORTED ENG FAILURE, LNDD IN RIVER.ACFT AND PSGRS NOT RCVRD.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 1973 | Cessna 177RG | Mansfield, Massachusetts, United States | Cessna Aircraf | No injuries | - |
| 17 Mar 1973 | Cessna 177 | Tucson, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Apr 1973 | Cessna 177 | Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Oct 1973 | Cessna 177 | Birmingham, Michigan, United States | Aero-Flight | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jul 1973 | Cessna 177B | Santa Ynez, California, United States | Aviation Assoc | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Mar 1973 | Cessna 177 | Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,744 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |