# Accident 20090530009149A: Cessna 177A, Houston, TX, May 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2009, 14:28 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0617° N, 95.5528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0617&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2872X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2872X-2012-09-24) (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 177A
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 66 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA327) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090530009149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 30, 2009, AT APPROXIMATELY 1428 LOCAL CDT A CESSNA 177 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A CITY STREET DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.  THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE NOT INJURED AND NO PERSON OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND WERE DAMAGED OR INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFTS RIGHT WINGTIP AND AILERON WERE DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH A TELEPHONE POLE.  THE NOSE WHEEL WAS ALSO DESTROYED FROM HITTING THE CURB.

## 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 CEN09CA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA327), May 30, 2009: Cessna 177 (N2872X), Houston, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning.

## Other reports on N2872X (1)

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

- [Incident 19860205018849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860205018849I), Feb 5, 1986: Cessna 177 (N2872X), Mobile, AL. Flight was conducted within the control zone in weather conditions below VFR minimums.

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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