- Date
- May 21, 1991, 20:30 local (May 22, 1991, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Lothrop, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N548ECCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910521016779A
- Case key
- 15069
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion and misjudged fuel calculations by the pilot. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain available for an emergency landing.
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 pvt pilot said that while flying a cross country trip with three passengers the engine lost power. And emergency landing was attempted in a farm field which resulted in substantial airframe damage. Post accident investigation revealed the power loss was due to fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N548EC
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702505
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1FGD, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Patrick J. Corcoran
- Departed
- Y04 · Traverse City, MI
- Destination
- 3DA · Flushing, MI
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 50 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MBS, 20 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.