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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 177 · Opelousas, LA · April 27, 2003

Date
April 27, 2003 · 16:35 local
Place
Opelousas, LA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N29334
Reported as
Cessna 177
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
242 total70 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) Pilot departed dolphin island, Alabama, 4R9, enroute to eunice, LA, 4R7, when he ran out of fuel. Pilot was able to make a safe uneventful emergency landing in a corn field. Pilot stated that he did not check his fuel quantity before departing 4R9 and that he did run out of gas.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED DOLPHIN ISLAND, ALABAMA, 4R9, ENROUTE TO EUNICE, LA, 4R7, WHEN HE RAN OUT OF FUEL. PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAKE A SAFE UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT CHECK HIS FUEL QUANTITY BEFORE DEPARTING 4R9 AND THAT HE DID RUN OUT OF GAS.

Other reports on N29334 · 3

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