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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177A · Jonesboro, AR · February 12, 1994

Date: February 12, 1994 · 13:45 local
Place: Jonesboro, AR
Airport: Jonesboro Municipal
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N30450
Reported as: Cessna 177A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 433 total318 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

N30450Registered now · Cessna 177AS/N 17701262 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 177A Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: aircraft experienced total fuel exhaustion while flying in IMC. Aircraft made emergency descent through clouds and landed on a road. Aircraft experienced unforecast enroute winds, navaid outage, unanticipated approaches, and missed approaches due to weather below forecast minimums and unanticipated holding due to emergency handling to another aircraft. Planning prior to departure was proper. It was determined that this situation does not warrant violation action. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED TOTAL FUEL EXHAUSTION WHILE FLYING IN IMC. AIRCRAFT MADE EMERGENCY DESCENT THROUGH CLOUDS AND LANDED ON A ROAD. AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED UNFORECAST ENROUTE WINDS, NAVAID OUTAGE, UNANTICIPATED APPROACHES, AND MISSED APPROACHES DUE TO WEATHER BELOW FORECAST MINIMUMS AND UNANTICIPATED HOLDING DUE TO EMERGENCY HANDLING TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. PLANNING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE WAS PROPER. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS SITUATION DOES NOT WARRANT VIOLATION ACTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.