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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177B · Brighton, TN · September 6, 1983

Date
September 6, 1983 · 18:30 local
Place
Brighton, TN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N30865
Reported as
Cessna 177B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total60 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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.

Ran out of fuel near destination airport. Landed in a milofield. Pilot was aware of marginal fuel.

As the FAA filed it

RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR DESTINATION AIRPORT. LANDED IN A MILOFIELD. PILOT WAS AWARE OF MARGINAL FUEL.