# Incident 19840720047109I: Cessna 177, Monroe Center, IL, July 20, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1984, 16:50 local time
- Place: Monroe Center, IL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0999° N, 88.9944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe Center, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0999&lon=-88.9944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30720, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30720-1990-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1F6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 50 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840720047109I

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL EN ROUTE AND LANDED ON A ROAD. FAILED TO VISUALLY CHECK FUEL QUANTITY.

## Other reports on N30720 (1)

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

- [Incident 19810825067709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810825067709I), Aug 25, 1981: Cessna 177 (N30720), Sheridan, WY, Minor damage. Pilot made hard landing bounced. Found propeller tips bent. Then had hit runway.

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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