# Incident 19960717023579I: Cessna 177B, Demopolis, AL, July 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 1996, 12:15 local time
- Place: Demopolis, AL
- Airport: Demopolis Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4638° N, 87.9541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEMOPOLIS RGNL (DYA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4638&lon=-87.9541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30915 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 78 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960717023579I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT MADE A VISUAL CHECK OF BOTH FUEL TANKS DURING PREFLIGHT PRIOR TO HIS 0845L DEPARTURE FROM "SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS" AIRPORT, ST. LOUIS, MO. HE FOUND BOTH TANKS FULL. THE PILOT FLIGHT PLANNED FOR A FOUR (4) HOUR MAXIMUM FLIGHT WITH FIVE (5) HOURS OF FUEL ON-BOARD. HE USED HIS WRIST WATCH AND FUEL CONSUMPTION ANALOGY TO DETERMINE FUEL USE FOR THE DIRECT FLIGHT TO DEMOPOLIS, AL. THE PILOT REPORTED HE NOTICED THE FUEL GAGES READING ZERO JUST PRIOR TO THE ENGINE HESITATING, BUT RELIED ON HIS AFOREMENTIONED PROCEDURES FOR FUEL CONSUMPTION. THE ENGINE FINALLY SHUTDOWN APPROXIMATELY SEVEN (7) MILES FROM THE DEMOPOLIS AIRPORT FORCING AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING ON HIGHWAY 23 NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT FURTHER STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOPPED OFF WITH 100 OCTANE LOW LEAD FUEL ON JULY 16, 1996, BY MILLION AIR OF ST. LOUIS, MO AFTER HIS FATHER COMPLETED LOCAL FLYING. NOTE: PASSENGER, BARRY NAGEL SUPPLIED SOME OF THIS INFORMATION, AND STATED HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE HIGHWAY SITE ON TO DEMOPOLIS AIRPORT AFTER IT WAS SERVICED WITH TEN (10) GALLONS OF FUEL.

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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