- Date
- March 30, 1989, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Abilene, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3313TCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890330005029A
- Case key
- 22851
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Probable cause
The collapse of the nose gear during a forced landing following fuel exhaustion during the descent into the destination airport.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Overconfidence in aircraft's abilityFactor
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - softCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3313T
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1770613
- Airframe hours
- 2,051
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mcdonald, Roger D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 28, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 3F2 · Cisco, TX
- Destination
- ABI · Abilene, TX
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 188 total · 14 in this make and model · 149 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABI, 5 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 N3313T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.