# Incident 20030427008429I: Cessna 177, Opelousas, LA, April 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 2003, 16:35 local time
- Place: Opelousas, LA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5249° N, 92.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opelousas, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5249&lon=-92.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29334, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29334) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A (registry code 41594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-a1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 70 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030427008429I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Accident 20200628008609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200628008609A), Jun 28, 2020: Cessna 177 (N29334), Pittsfield, MA, Substantial damage. N29334 a Cessna 177 piloted by [privacy data omitted] certificate # [privacy data omitted] was attempting a landing on runway 26 at kpsf Pittsfield airport. At…
- [Incident 19940719039769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940719039769I), Jul 19, 1994: Cessna 177 (N29334), Clarksville, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: on July 19, 1994, at approximately 1000 central daylight time, Cessna 177, N29334, landed hard on runway 9 at the Clarksville, Arkansas airport. The…
- [Accident 19810131002559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810131002559A), Jan 31, 1981: Cessna 177 (N29334), Napa, CA, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Lost control, ran off edge of runway.

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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