- Date
- September 1, 1990, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Farmington, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29490Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900901037789A
- Case key
- 14767
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion due to unknown reasons.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane was on a cross country flight when its engine ceased to run after 4 hours and 30 minutes. The airplane descended from altitude and was substantially damaged during the forced landing into a field. Inspection of the undamaged fuel tanks revealed both completely empty. The airplanes hourly range, for the altitude flown, would be between 7.2 and 6.3 hours depending upon wether the fuel tanks were filled to the top or up to the bottom of the fuel tank filler neck. Fuel tank filler cap gaskets were found moderately deteriorated and leaked small amounts of fuel when the wing tanks contained fuel and were inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29490
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700923
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Neal Scott
- Departed
- 1FO · Ardmore, OK
- Destination
- MVN · Mt. Vernon, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 761 total · 44 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- GCI, 53 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.
Other investigations on N29490 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.