19850112002179A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 177B · El Monte, CA · January 12, 1985

Date
January 12, 1985 · 14:47 local
Place
El Monte, CA
Airport
El Monte Airport
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N34212
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85FA106
Reported as
Cessna 177B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1F6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
609 total584 in this make and model32 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Landed on dry riverbed after engine quit due to fuel starvation. Fuel not visually checked, forecast wind wrong.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED ON DRY RIVERBED AFTER ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. FUEL NOT VISUALLY CHECKED, FORECAST WIND WRONG.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.