# Accident 19960614013959A: Cessna 177, Versailles, OH, June 14, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1996, 09:45 local time
- Place: Versailles, OH
- Airport: Darke County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2194° N, 84.4794° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2194&lon=-84.4794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3197T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3197T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (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 177
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 6 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960614013959A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON LIFTOFF AFTER TOUCH AND GO. LANDED. RAN OFF END. HIT FENCE. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. (-23) CESSNA N3197T DEPARTED BROOKVILLE AIRPARK (I62) TO VERSAILLES (VES) FOR DUAL INSTRUCTION. AFTER 4 TAKE OFF LANDINGS THEY DID A FINAL TOUCH AND GO, ON CLIMB OUT, BETWEEN 100-300 FEET IN ALTITUDE THE ENGINE QUIT. ATTEMPTED LANDING, RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, DOWN A HILL THROUGH A PERIMETER FENCE AND DITCH WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON SR242. INJURIES WERE MINOR, SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. HIGHWAY PATROL AT THE SCENE DETERMINED THERE WAS NO GAS IN THE TANKS. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON MONDAY JUNE 17, 1996 REVEALED NO GAS IN THE SUMPS, NONE IN THE FUEL LINE FROM TANKS AND THE TANKS WERE NOT RUPTURED TO THE EMERGENCY SHUT OFF. IT WAS DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN 4.2 HOURS SINCE IT WAS LAST FUELED, NOT 3.5 HOURS THE PILOT CLAIMED. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## 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 IAD96LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA095), Jun 14, 1996: Cessna 177 (N3197T), Versailles, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate fuel consumption calculations.

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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