Cessna 177RG N2150Q
7 March 1982 · Kingston, Tennessee, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 7 March 1982 at about 20:15 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N2150Q, operated by Charles E. Hammons, was involved in an accident near Kingston, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Kingston, Tennessee, United States
- Coordinates
- 35.8704, -84.5106
- Aircraft
- Cessna 177RG
- Registration
- N2150Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Charles E. Hammons
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Kingston → Knoxville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL82FKW05
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 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
DURING CRUISE FLIGHT A GEAR TOOTH FROM THE ALUMINUM IDLER GEAR IN THE ENGINE OIL PUMP FAILED. THIS LOCKED THE OIL PUMP CAUSING FAILURE OF THE MAIN DRIVE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN ROUGH TERRAIN WITH GULLEYS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 1982 | Cessna 177RG | Artesia, New Mexico, United States | Leslie A. Anderson | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jan 1982 | Cessna 177B | Elko, Nevada, United States | Long Beach Flying Club | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 1982 | Cessna 177RG | Houston, Texas, United States | Graden Harger | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Jan 1982 | Cessna 177 | Athens, Georgia, United States | Albert A. Sandberg | No injuries | - |
| 5 Nov 1982 | Cessna 177RG | Bullhead City, Arizona, United States | Glen L. Murray | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jan 1982 | Cessna 177RG | Urbandale, Iowa, United States | MAX and Delores van Rees | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 1982 | Varga 2180 | Arlington, Tennessee, United States | Curtis R. Merkel | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 1982 | Piper PA-28-181 | Athens, Tennessee, United States | Charles Reddel | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Jul 1982 | Pitts S2S | Somerville, Tennessee, United States | Howard M. Mullins | No injuries | - |
| 17 Jul 1982 | American AA-1 | Covington, Tennessee, United States | Frank E. Griffin | No injuries | - |
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