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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Van Nuys, CA · April 26, 1979

Date: April 26, 1979 · 08:35 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N177WS
Reported as: Cessna 177RG
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N177WSRegistered now · Cessna 177RGS/N 177RG0732 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 177RG Engine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6DReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot ran out of fuel. Fuel gauges inoperative.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL. FUEL GAUGES INOPERATIVE.

Other reports on N177WS · 2

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

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