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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 177B · Ainsworth, NE · July 10, 1996

Date: July 10, 1996 · 10:05 local
Place: Ainsworth, NE
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N2183C
Reported as: Cessna 177B
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total1,125 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N2183CRegistered now · Cessna 177BS/N 17702750 · Built 1978 Airframe modelCessna 177B 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: pilot planned to stop at Ainsworth, NE for fuel on VFR flight from green bay, WI to scottsbluff, NE. Engine lost power, pilot switched fuel selector from "both" to "right." Pilot landed on highway with partial power. After a mechanic inspected airplane, fuel was added and aircraft departed for Ainsworth and scottsbluff without further incident. This incident is closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT PLANNED TO STOP AT AINSWORTH, NE FOR FUEL ON VFR FLIGHT FROM GREEN BAY, WI TO SCOTTSBLUFF, NE. ENGINE LOST POWER, PILOT SWITCHED FUEL SELECTOR FROM "BOTH" TO "RIGHT." PILOT LANDED ON HIGHWAY WITH PARTIAL POWER. AFTER A MECHANIC INSPECTED AIRPLANE, FUEL WAS ADDED AND AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR AINSWORTH AND SCOTTSBLUFF WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.