# Accident 20130531009979A: Cessna 177B, Herndon, VA, May 31, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2013, 00:10 local time
- Place: Herndon, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9650° N, 77.4153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9650&lon=-77.4153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N177FG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N177FG-2018-03-13) (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
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,008 total, 1,780 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA258) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130531009979A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 31, 2013, AT 0012 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 177, N177FG, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE DURING A FORCED LANDING NEAR HERNDON, VIRGINIA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, PASSENGER, AND ONE OCCUPANT OF THE STRUCTURE INCURRED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT, WHICH ORIGINATED FROM NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT (PNE), PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ABOUT 2140, AND WAS DESTINED FOR MANASSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT (HEF), MANASSAS, VIRGINIA. THE AERIAL OBSERVATION FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.  THERE WAS NO SMELL OF GASOLINE AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 ERA13LA258](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA258), May 31, 2013: Cessna 177B (N177FG), Herndon, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power.

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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