# Accident 20010514014749A: Cessna 177, Zephyrhills, FL, May 14, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2001, 01:13 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.2407° N, 82.2299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2407&lon=-82.2299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2890X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2890X-2017-02-17) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010514014749A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF N2890X, MR. DANNY ABBRUZZESE, REQUESTED A FUEL UPLIFT OF TWENTY GALLONS OF FUEL AT KEY WEST, FLORIDA (EYW). HE THEN DEPARTED KEY WEST, FLORIDA FOR ZEPHERHILLS, FLORIDA (ZPH).  ON AN APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILE FINAL, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION AND LANDED IN A WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 04 AT ZPH.  AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED TO BE COMPLETELY VOID OF FUEL, AND NO FUEL WAS OBSERVED ON THE GROUND.  THE WINGS HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE CABIN ROOF HAD BEEN TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  DEBRIS AND EXTERIOR AIRCRAFT PIECES WERE OBSERVED SCATTERED IN THE TREE TOPS AND ON THE GROUND IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION.  THE PASCO COUNTY EMS REPORTED WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON THE ACCIDENT SCENE, THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE CONSCIOUS  AND COHERENT.  THE PILOT STATED HE HAD REQUESTED A TWENTY-GALLON UPLIFT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM KEY WEST, FLORIDA AND FELT THE GROUND CREW AT KEY WEST, FLORIDA MIGHT HAVE MISFUELED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ATL01LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA054), May 14, 2001: Cessna 177 (N2890X), Zephyrhills, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOTS FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY PREFLIGHT PLAN FUEL FOR THE FLIGHT THAT RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND THE SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.

## Other reports on N2890X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990306035879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990306035879A), Mar 6, 1999: Cessna 177 (N2890X), West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (.19) On March 6, 1999, about 1430 eastern standard time, a Cessna 177, N2890X, registered to a private individual, crashed during landing at lantana airport,…

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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