# Accident 19880827035559A: Cessna 172E, Katy, TX, August 27, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1988, 00:30 local time
- Place: Katy, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7913° N, 95.8410° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Katy, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7913&lon=-95.8410&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7746U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7746U-1990-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 645 total, 65 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880827035559A

## Narrative

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

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW88LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88LA156), Aug 27, 1988: Cessna 172E (N7746U), Katy, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: FUEL EXHAUSTION INDUCED POWER LOSS, WHICH NECESSITATED THE FORCED LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S DECISION TO ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO REFUEL, AND…

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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