# Incident 19891007053549I: Cessna 177B, Sugarland, TX, October 7, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1989, 18:15 local time
- Place: Sugarland, TX
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6197° N, 95.6349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sugar Land, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6197&lon=-95.6349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13380, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13380-2017-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1F6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891007053549I

## Narrative

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

FUEL STARVATION. FORCED LANDING IN OPEN FIELD. FOUND LEAK IN CARBURETOR FUEL LINE.

## Other reports on N13380 (1)

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

- [Accident 19781121036079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781121036079A), Nov 21, 1978: Cessna 177 (N13380), Van Horn, TX, Substantial damage

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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