- Date
- February 12, 1990, 16:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Raleigh, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35100Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900212002019A
- Case key
- 14630
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot and fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. The unreliable fuel quantity gauge was a related factor.
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
While the aircraft was on a cross country flight in level cruise, the engine began to run rough, then lost power completely. The pilot attempted restart procedures without success, and conducted a forced landing in a muddy field, where the aircraft nosed over. There was no evidence of usable fuel on board, and no indication of spilled fuel at the accident site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35100
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702206
- Airframe hours
- 1,025
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-1AF6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wernle, Merle R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 2, 1989 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- H07 · Highland, IL
- Destination
- HSB · Harrisburg, IL
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,750 total · 35 in this make and model · 16 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.