# Incident 19860705042249I: Cessna 177, Fredericksburg, VA, July 5, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1986, 10:45 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Airport: Shannon
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2669° N, 77.4492° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHANNON (EZF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2669&lon=-77.4492&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29666 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860705042249I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DURING PRACTICE APPROACH. FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED DUE TO FAILURE OF GASCOLATOR VALVE TO SEAT.

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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