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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Wilmot, WI · August 10, 2003

Date: August 10, 2003 · 18:30 local
Place: Wilmot, WI
Airport: Westosha Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1JM
Reported as: Cessna 177RG
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 820 total250 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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(-23) On August 10, 2003 at 18:30 CDT a Cessna CE-177-RG, N1JM, made an emergency landing at Wilmot, WI (5K6) due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft landed long on grass runway 32 and continued off the end of the runway into a soybean field. The private pilot and two passengers were not injured, but the aircraft sustained minor damage. The aircraft was being operated as a pleasure flight under 14 CFR part 91. The flight originated in garden city, KS under visual meteorological conditions and a VFR flight plan was filed. Investigation revealed the right tank was dry and the left tank had approximately 1/2 inch of fuel. The fuel tank selector in the cockpit was selected to "right tank" position. This caused the engine to sputter and quit.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON AUGUST 10, 2003 AT 18:30 CDT A CESSNA CE-177-RG, N1JM, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT WILMOT, WI (5K6) DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG ON GRASS RUNWAY 32 AND CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO A SOYBEAN FIELD. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN GARDEN CITY, KS UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT TANK WAS DRY AND THE LEFT TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH OF FUEL. THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR IN THE COCKPIT WAS SELECTED TO "RIGHT TANK" POSITION. THIS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SPUTTER AND QUIT.