# Incident 19870512024149I: Cessna 177RG, Rapid City, SD, May 12, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1987, 08:55 local time
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 103.2310° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rapid City, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-103.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45314, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45314-2004-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 328 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870512024149I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTED DURING FLIGHT.  LANDED IN A FIELD SHORT OF DESTINATION.

## Other reports on N45314 (2)

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

- [Incident 19920612025269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920612025269I), Jun 12, 1992: Cessna 177RG (N45314), Watkins, CO, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Pilot took gear lever out of the up position. Did not check gear position.
- [Incident 19900809042389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900809042389I), Aug 9, 1990: Cessna 177RG (N45314), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Practicing engine out procedures. Delayed in extending gear and landed with gear partially extended. Gear collapsed

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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