# Incident 19851028065759I: Cessna 177B, Ft Wayne, IN, October 28, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1985, 09:05 local time
- Place: Ft Wayne, IN
- Airport: Smith
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1434° N, 85.1528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITH FLD (SMD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1434&lon=-85.1528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N418BC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1F6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 45 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851028065759I

## Narrative

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

ABOUT 6 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FUEL EXHAUSTION WAS REPORTED. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN A FIELD.

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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