# Accident 20060110000139A: Cessna 177, Antlers, OK, January 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2006, 08:45 local time
- Place: Antlers, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1889° N, 95.6431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1889&lon=-95.6431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2233Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2233Y-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060110000139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 10, 2006, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:20 AM CST, A CESSNA 177, PILOTED BY AN APPROPRIATELY RATED PRIVATE PILOT, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PASTURE 2 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF THE ANTLERS AIRPORT, ANTLERS, OK. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES; THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE STATED THAT HE DEPARTED SPRING, TX THE EVENING BEFORE THE ACCIDENT ENROUTE TO TULSA, OK. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO FUEL AT ANTLERS. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE COULD MAKE IT TO MCALESTER, OK THE NEXT MORNING TO REFUEL, BUT HALFWAY TO MCALESTER, THE ENGINE "SPUTTERED." THE PILOT THE DECIDED TO RETURN TO ANTLERS WHERE ON A 2 MILE FINAL APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY, THE ENGINE QUIT. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM REVEALED NO PRESENCE OF FUEL IN THE WING TANKS. THE CARBURETOR AND GASCOLATOR WERE COMPROMISED BY GROUND IMPACT. THERE WAS NO FUEL STAINING PRESENT AROUND THE ENGINE OR FUEL TANKS INDICATING A BREACH. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE RIGHT MAIN FUEL TANK GAUGE WAS KNOWN TO BE DEFECTIVE IN THE PREVIOUS WEEKS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. HOWEVER, NO CORRECTIVE ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN. MARGINAL VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS EXISTED AT THE TIMEAT THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DFW06CA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA051), Jan 10, 2006: Cessna 177 (N2233Y), Antlers, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as result of the pilot's inadequate preflight planning. A contributing factor was the encounter with windshear during the forced landing.

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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