Cessna 177 RG accident near Gilford, NH
On June 13, 2009, a Cessna 177 RG (airplane) was involved in an accident near Gilford, NH. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 13, 2009
- Place
- Gilford, NH
- Aircraft
- Cessna 177 RG · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 43.565°N, 71.447°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090613X04639
Official records · ERA09FA343
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 13, 2009, about 1614 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 177RG, N52670, crashed while making a forced landing in a hotel parking lot in Gilford, New Hampshire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The flight departed Laconia Municipal Airport (LCI), Laconia, New Hampshire about, 1612 with an intended destination of Portland International Jetport (PWM), Portland, Maine. Two planned intermediate stops at Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (IZG), Fryeburg, Maine, and Wiscasset Airport (IWI), Wiscasset, Maine, were scheduled. The certificated airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The personal flight was conducted under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The fixed base operator lineman, at LCI pulled the airplane out of a hangar at the request of the pilot and witnessed the pilot begin a preflight inspection of the airplane. Approximately 5 minutes later the lineman heard the pilot attempt to start the airplane several times. He also reported that the engine "backfired or popped" twice; however, the engine started and the pilot began his taxi out for takeoff. The lineman returned to his work and did not observe the airplane taxi out to the runway. Numerous eyewitnesses who observed the airplane after takeoff reported that there was "no engine noise." The airplane's left wing and left horizontal stabilizer struck a tree approximately 55 feet tall, and the stabilizer was found in the lower branches of the tree. The airplane was then observed to bank to the right and then roll wings level, just prior to
Probable cause
A loss of engine power due to oil exhaustion from the fracture of the nipple for the engine oil cooler return line. Contributing to the accident was the mechanic's signoff and release of the airplane without performing the required engine run-up following an annual inspection.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
