41.1434° N, 85.1528° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SMITH FLD (SMD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 28, 1985 · 09:05 local
Place
Ft Wayne, IN
Airport
Smith
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N418BC
Reported as
Cessna 177B
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A1F6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total45 in this make and model45 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.
About 6 minutes after takeoff fuel exhaustion was reported. Landed uneventfully in a field.
As the FAA filed it
ABOUT 6 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FUEL EXHAUSTION WAS REPORTED. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN A FIELD.