Cessna 177RG N1912Q

Summary

On 28 November 2012 at about 00:04 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N1912Q, operated by Partners For Neighborhood Group, Inc., was involved in an accident near Lansing, Michigan, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 November 2012 at 00:04

Classification

Accident

Location

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Nearest airport

Capital Region IAP (LAN)

Coordinates

42.7786, -84.5861

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N1912Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Partners For Neighborhood Group, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lansing → Wheeling

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CEN13LA076

Nobody was injured.

A loss of engine power due to the loss of fuel flow through the airplane's fuel tank selector valve.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he retracted the landing gear, raised the flaps, and then reduced power during the climb. The engine then lost all power. The pilot declared an emergency and attempted a forced landing on the runway. He tried to extend the landing gear; however, it did not have sufficient time to fully extend and subsequently collapsed when the airplane touched down. The airplane skidded down the runway until coming to rest at the departure end. A postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the engine could not be primed when the fuel tank selector valve was in the "both" fuel tanks position. However, when the fuel tank selector valve was in the "left" tank position, fuel flow was established, the engine primed, and it ran normally. The examination could not identify what caused the observed loss of fuel flow through the fuel tank selector valve while it was in the "both" fuel tanks position.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.