# Accident 20011108034449A: Cessna 177, Gainesville, FL, November 8, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 8, 2001, 18:47 local time - Place: Gainesville, FL - Airport: Gainesville Regional Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Forced Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 29.6900° N, 82.2717° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6900&lon=-82.2717&mi=10 - Aircraft: N177X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N177X-2005-02-07) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 177 - Reported engine: LYC O320E2D - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,310 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA015) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011108034449A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) DURING A PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACH INTO GAINESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (GNV), AT APPROXIMATE 3.0 MILES ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 28 THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRPLANE WENT THROUGH TREES AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES, ON THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE, FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 28. AFTER AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS FOUND TO HAVE NO FUEL AND NO EVIDENCE OF ANY FUEL LEAKS. SEE INSPECTOR STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. (.4) ON NOVEMBER 8, 2001, ABOUT 1848 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 177, N177X, REGISTERED TO CARDINAL N S X, INC., COLLIDED WITH TREES WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND PRIVATE-RATED SECOND PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1457. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE SECOND PILOT WAS FLYING THE AIRPLANE FROM THE LEFT SEAT. PRIOR T O DEPARTURE FROM FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, THEY HAD THE AIRPLANE FUELED TO THE HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FILLER COLLARS, WHICH SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM ABOUT 42 GALLONS OF FUEL. THEY DID NOT COMPLETELY FILL THE FUEL TANKS. WHILE APPROACHING TO LAND AT THEIR DESTINATION, GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, THEY ELECTED TO FLY THE INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM APPROACH TO GIVE THE SECOND PILOT PRACTICE. THE ENGINE LOST POWER ABOUT 3 MILES FROM THE RUNWAY. THEY TURNED ON THE ELECTRIC FUEL BOOST PUMP AND THE ENGINE REGAINED POWER MOMENTARILY. THE ENGINE THEN SPUTTERED AND QUIT. WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH TREES. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE AND CRASH SITE BY AN FAA INSPECTOR, FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL SHOWED THE AIRPLANE CONTAINED NO USABLE FUEL AND THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE AIRPLANE AT THE CRASH SITE OR FROM THE AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT. (SEE FAA INSPECTOR STATEMENT). ## 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 MIA02LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA015), Nov 8, 2001: Cessna 177 (N177X), Gainesville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to insure the airplane contained adequate fuel to complete the flight resulting in loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and collision with trees during a forced… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.