19880827035559A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172E · Katy, TX · August 27, 1988

Date
August 27, 1988 · 00:30 local
Place
Katy, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7746U
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW88LA156
Reported as
Cessna 172E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
645 total65 in this make and model9 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.

On night currency flight unable to get fuel and over flew unlighted alternate. Located another but ran out of fuel.

As the FAA filed it

ON NIGHT CURRENCY FLIGHT UNABLE TO GET FUEL AND OVER FLEW UNLIGHTED ALTERNATE. LOCATED ANOTHER BUT RAN OUT OF FUEL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.