# Incident 19880602024499I: Cessna 177, Denver, CO, June 2, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1988, 19:59 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2868X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2868X-2008-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 385 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880602024499I

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT. FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD 2 MILES FROM AIRPORT IN TRAFFIC PATTERN.

## Other reports on N2868X (1)

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

- [Accident 19800512081739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800512081739A), May 12, 1980: Cessna 177 (N2868X), Bouse, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit. Overshot emergency landing area. No engine defects. Possible vent problem.

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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