# Accident 20081010857009A: Cessna 177, Hilton Head Is, SC, October 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 2008, 18:10 local time
- Place: Hilton Head Is, SC
- Airport: Hilton Head
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2225° N, 80.8194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2225&lon=-80.8194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3495T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3495T-2012-09-12) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081010857009A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED, DAYTON, OH AT 14:00 HOURS ON 10/10/2008 WITH TWO SOULS ONBOARD WITH A DESTINATION OF, HILTON HEAD, SC.  AT ABOUT 15:30 TO 16:00 THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE SPUTTERED FOR A MINUTE AND CLEARED UP.  AT 18:10 THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER.  THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATC THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF FUEL.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A PASTURE.  ON A SOUTHERN APPROACH TO THE PASTURE, THE AIRCRAFT HIT TWO TREES, BREAKING OFF THE TOP TEN FEET OF THE TREES THEN HIT TWO POWER LINES.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ABOUT 67 FEET AND IMPACTED THE GROUND WITH THE LEFT WING TIP AND THE NOSE GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED SLIDING ON THE GROUND FOR ANOTHER 30 FEET, COMING TO A REST ON A HEADING OF 102 DEGREES.  THE OUTBOARD SIX FEET OF THE LEFT WING IS BROKEN.  THE LEFT AXLE IS SHEARED OFF.  THE NOSE GEAR IS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE IS RIPPED OPEN UP TO AND IN LINE WITH THE FUEL FILLER.  THE FIRE WALL AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE IS BENT AND DISTORTED, THE PILOTS FLOOR AND STRUCTURE IS BENT AND BUCKLED.  A PROP BLADE IS BENT AFT AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ROTATIONAL SCRATCHING.  BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT STABILATOR LEADING EDGES HAS DAMAGE.  NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE TANKS OR ON THE GROUND.

## 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 ERA09CA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA012), Oct 10, 2008: Cessna 177 (N3495T), Bluffton, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate planning and preflight inspection.

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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