# Accident 19790127001679A: Cessna 170B, Ranger, TX, January 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1979, 15:10 local time
- Place: Ranger, TX
- Airport: Ranger
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4515° N, 98.6815° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RANGER MUNI (F23), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4515&lon=-98.6815&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8364A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8364A-2014-11-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 395 total, 12 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FPD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPD07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790127001679A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT UNABLE TO FUEL AT SCHEDULED FUEL STOP. RAN OUT OF FUEL ON GO-AROUND AT ALTERNATE FUEL STOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW79FPD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPD07), Jan 27, 1979: Cessna 170B (N8364A), Ranger, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8364A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750721021669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750721021669A), Jul 21, 1975: Cessna 170B (N8364A), Lafayette, TN, Substantial damage. Vibration caused brake pressure to bleed down.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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