- Date
- October 19, 1991, 16:12 local (20:12 UTC)
- Place
- London, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29308Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911019056919A
- Case key
- 11745
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power from fuel starvation due to inadequate inflight planning/decision by the pilot.
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
During a local fire patrol flight, the pilot stated that the engine lost power. It was the second flight of the day and the pilot had refueled the aircraft before the first flight. The fuel selector was on the both position for each flight. About 2 hours into the second flight, the engine began to lose power. The left tank indicated three quarters full; the right tank indicated empty. He unsuccessfully tried to restart the engine which included switching to the left tank about 100 feet above the ground. The aircraft struck a utility pole during the forced landing and collided with the ground in a grass field. Examination of the aircraft by the FAA revealed the left tank was three quarters full and the right tank was empty. The fuel selector was on the left tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29308
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700804
- Airframe hours
- 1,129
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Aerotech Inc
- Registered owner
- Cumberland Welder Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 24, 1991 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- LOZ · London, KY
- Airport
- LOZ · London-Carbin Megee
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 514 total · 3 in this make and model · 420 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOZ, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.