# Accident 19830702027899A: Cessna 177B, Grand Canyon, AZ, July 2, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1983, 14:10 local time
- Place: Grand Canyon, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6300° N, 112.0906° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6300&lon=-112.0906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20391 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1F6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,713 total, 160 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX83LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA319) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830702027899A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL APPROACHING DESTINATION. CRASH LANDED IN TREES. PILOT MISJUDGED FUEL SUPPLY.

## 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 LAX83LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA319), Jul 2, 1983: Cessna 177B (N20391), Grand Canyon, AZ, substantial damage

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.