- Date
- September 9, 1990, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Perry, MI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30414Cessna 177A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900909038549A
- Case key
- 14771
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to the pilot's inaccurate fuel consumption calculations.
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 accident airplane collided with terrain during a forced landing attempt. A post accident inspection of the airplane revealed only 1/8TH of a cup of fuel present in the airplane fuel system. The pilot stated to police and witnesses that he ran out of gas.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30414
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701241
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harry S. Siemienski
- Departed
- NONE · Beaverton, MI
- Destination
- 65G · Fowlerville, MI
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 720 total · 201 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- LAN, 15 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.