Cessna 177A N30394

Summary

On 5 August 1984 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 177A registered N30394 was involved in an accident near Ely, Nevada, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 August 1984 at 04:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Ely, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

39.4208, -115.0000

Aircraft

Cessna 177A

Registration

N30394

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salt Lake City → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA85FA065

2 people died.

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 ACFT COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN DURING A NIGHT X-COUNTRY. NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WERE NORMAL DURING THE SHORT (40 MILE) FLT, UNTIL THE PLT WAS ASKED TO CHANGE TRANSPONDER CODES. THE TRANSPONDER SIGNAL CEASED INSTEAD. THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED ON THE WEST SLOPES OF A VALLEY RUNNING NORTH/SOUTH BETWEEN MT RANGES IN AN AREA CHARACTERIZED BY GENTLY RISING TERRAIN. AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED ON 3/1/85, ABOUT 7 MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE DELAY WAS DUE TO THE FAILURE IN LOCATING THE ACFT, WHICH BECAME OVERDUE (MISSING) ON 8/6/84. SKELETAL REMAINS OF THE PLT, FOUND 2 MILES FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE, MADE PATHOLOGICAL TESTS VERY DIFFICULT. HOWEVER, EVIDENCE OF ASKULL FRACTURE WAS PRESENT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE ON THE REMAINS OR CLOTHING OF THE PLT. THE PAX REMAINS WERE FOUND NEAR THE REAR COCKPIT AREA OF THE WRECKAGE AND THERE WAS SOME EVIDENCE OF FIRE INVOLVEMENT ON THE CLOTHING COVERING ON LOWER EXTREMITY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.