# Accident 20040925022879A: Cessna 177, Greenville, SC, September 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2004, 21:00 local time
- Place: Greenville, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5867° N, 82.6731° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5867&lon=-82.6731&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29650, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29650-2013-02-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 150 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040925022879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON A RETURN FLIGHT OF PERSONAL NATURE WITH 3 PAX ON BOARD FROM MJD MISSISSIPPI, PILOT EDWARD SEABORN WAS DESCENDING TO LAND AT GMU GREENVILLE SC IN A CE-177 REG. N29650 WHEN HIS ENGINE QUIT DUE TO RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH GSP ATCT. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A FRONTAGE ROAD ALONG AIDE 185 AT EXIT 40 AND SKIDDED INTO THE FENCE SEPARATING THE FRONTAGE ROAD AND 185. NO INJURIES TO ANY PERSONS BUT THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ATL04CA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA193), Sep 26, 2004: Cessna 177 (N29650), Anderson, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning of fuel required for the flight and his improper in-flight decision, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N29650 (1)

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

- [Accident 20080504839089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080504839089A), May 4, 2008: Cessna 177 (N29650), Bellefontaine, OH, Destroyed. (-23) The pilot, [privacy data omitted], was landing at Bellefontaine Regional Airport (edj) runway 7 at approximately 1830 local. At 1830 the weather was…

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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