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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Parma, OH · June 13, 1995

Date: June 13, 1995 · 12:00 local
Place: Parma, OH
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3164T
Reported as: Cessna 177
Reported engine: Lycoming O320*
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 850 total200 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

N3164TRegistered now · Cessna 177S/N 17700464 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna 177 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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: investigation at the scene of the incident concluded the aircraft ran out of fuel. There was no evidence of fuel in the fuel tanks at all. During cruise flight at approx. 5000 ft. aircraft engine stopped running without warning. Pilot of Cessna 177 N3164T proceeded with emergency procedures and made a forced landing in a field. Aircraft sustained minor damage, pilot and three passengers were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: INVESTIGATION AT THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT CONCLUDED THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN THE FUEL TANKS AT ALL. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT APPROX. 5000 FT. AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING. PILOT OF CESSNA 177 N3164T PROCEEDED WITH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.