- Date
- August 6, 1992, 13:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Greenwood, NE
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30108Cessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920806029569A
- Case key
- 15508
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Probable cause
The private pilot's poor in-flight planning and decision making.
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 pilot departed green bay about 0900 hours with an intended destination of beatrice, Nebraska. After encountering IFR weather conditions and higher than expected fuel consumption, the pilot changed his destination to lincoln, Nebraska. The pilot stated the engine sputtered at 1345 hours, after 4 hours and 45 minutes of flight. The airplane struck a ditch during the ensuing forced landing. Post-accident examination revealed no evidence of useable fuel in the aircraft fuel system, and no evidence of fuel spillage. The pilot reported he planned the flight based on a range of 8.0 hours, using 51% power at 7,500 feet. He suspected bad fuel cap seals resulted in the fuel siphoning from the tanks during flight. The FAA inspector stated although there were stains aft of the fuel caps, they 'appeared to be old stains.' Examination of the fuel seals revealed they 'appeared to be in good condition.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30108
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701065
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Concepcion, Leonard
- Registered owner
- Gonzales, Melvin M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- GRB · Green Bay, WI
- Destination
- LNK · Lincoln, NE
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 248 total · 25 in this make and model · 165 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LNK, 19 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.