- Date
- December 5, 1985, 19:46 local (Dec 6, 1985, 02:46 UTC)
- Place
- Billings, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13717Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851205060869A
- Case key
- 16894
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was damaged during a forced landing in a fld following a loss of pwr from fuel exhaustion. The plt stated that during the preflight he checked the fuel level by the gages and not visually. The gages indicated slightly over one-half full at that time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13717
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702459
- Airframe hours
- 1,261
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6W, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur N. Fust
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 6, 1985 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- PWD · Plentywood, MT
- Destination
- BIL · Billings, MT
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 713 total · 221 in this make and model · 649 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 225° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 39 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BIL, 45 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.