# Accident 19800508021319A: Cessna 177RG, El Cajon, CA, May 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1980, 17:52 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1819Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1819Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 359 total, 45 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUM20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800508021319A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 LAX80FUM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUM20), May 8, 1980: Cessna 177RG (N1819Q), El Cajon, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1819Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19790406012899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790406012899I), Apr 6, 1979: Cessna 177RG (N1819Q), Las Vegas, NV, Minor damage. Pilot unable to extend the nose gear fully, collapsed after landing. No cause could be found. Zw zg zk

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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