- Date
- April 26, 1984, 20:45 local (Apr 27, 1984, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomer, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30609Cessna 177A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840426016179A
- Case key
- 12590
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Aircraft preflight - poorCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - soft
Analysis
Plt failed to visually check fuel tanks after they were refueled. On the second leg of a x-country fuel exhaustion occurred. The acft nosed over during the forced landing on soft terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30609
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701358
- Airframe hours
- 1,820
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Emory Griffin
- Registered owner
- Emory A. Griffin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1983
- Departed
- Trout Island, MI
- Destination
- ANE · Minneapolis, MN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 111 in this make and model · 85 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU, 14 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.