# Incident 20100319029779I: Cessna 177B, Brazil, IN, March 19, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2010, 19:20 local time
- Place: Brazil, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5220° N, 87.1244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brazil, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5220&lon=-87.1244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N177GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177B (registry code 2073708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (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 177B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 130 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100319029779I

## Narrative

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

PILOT SAFELY ACCOMPLISHED AN ENGINE OUT LANDING ONTO A FOUR-LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY.  UPON ROLLOUT, THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK A HIGHWAY SIGN AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED 12 OUNCES OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM.  THE FUEL CAPS WERE FOUND ON THE AIRCRAFT AND SECURED.  EACH COMPONENT OF THE FUEL SYSTEM TO INCLUDE SUMP DRAINS, BELLY DRAIN, FUEL SELECTOR, AND FUEL STRAINER WERE FOUND OPERATIONAL.  LAST FUELING TRANSACTION RECORD COMPARED AGAINST FLIGHT TIME RECORDS AND INDICATED FUEL EXHAUSTION HAD OCCURRED.  THE PILOT STATED HE ASSUMED THE PREVIOUS AIRCRAFT USER HAD COMPLETELY FILLED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER USE BECAUSE THIS PROCEDURE IS THE OTHER USER'S NORMAL PRACTICE.  THE PILOT STATED IN HIS INTERVIEW THAT HE DID NOT VISUALLY INSPECT THE TANKS DURING PREFLIGHT OR OTHERWISE REFER TO THE FUEL QUANTITY GAUGES PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.

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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