Cessna 177RG N1969Q

Summary

On 19 January 1982 at about 12:30 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N1969Q, operated by MAX and Delores van Rees, was involved in an accident near Urbandale, Iowa, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 January 1982 at 12:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Urbandale, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Morningstar (Y76)

Coordinates

41.6308, -93.7908

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N1969Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

MAX and Delores van Rees

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Urbandale → Corpus Christi

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC82DA017

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

AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AT ABOUT 2000 FT MSL. THE PLANE WAS DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. WHEN CHECKED AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE ENGINE WOULD START BUT LOST POWER WHEN ACCELERATED ABOVE 1000 RPM. THE BENDIX SERVO FUEL INJECTOR, MODEL RSA-5AD1, WAS BENCH CHECKED AND WOULD DELIVER ONLY IDLE FUEL FLOW. A FURTHER EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE ELASTIC STOP NUT, PN 178491, HAD BACKED OFF OF THE FUEL DIAPHRAGM ASSEMBLY STEM. THIS RESTRICTED THE REGULATOR TRAVEL AND RESULTED IN A LEAN MIXTURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.