# Incident 20030810023589I: Cessna 177RG, Wilmot, WI, August 10, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2003, 18:30 local time
- Place: Wilmot, WI
- Airport: Westosha Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5141° N, 88.2052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Westosha Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5141&lon=-88.2052&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1JM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A1B6
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 820 total, 250 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030810023589I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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