- Date
- February 11, 1989, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oneonta, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N34306Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890211002529A
- Case key
- 7986
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot and fuel exhaustion. Trees contributed to the aircraft damage.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was last 'topped off' with fuel on 1/28/89, then was flown on 4 flts for a total of 5.5 hrs. Drg that time,an additional 20 gal of fuel was added. Before the acdnt flt, the plt noted the fuel level was low, so he elected to fly to a nearby arpt to refuel. Shortly after starting the flight, the engine lost power & the plt was forced to land in trees. Only about 1 pint of fuel was found in the acft after the acdnt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34306
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701758
- Airframe hours
- 2,052
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glenn Hodge
- Registered owner
- Glenn Hodge & Sewell Lynn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 1988 · 38 hours before
- Destination
- 8A0 · Albertville, AL
- Airport
- 20A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 262 total · 10 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.