- Date
- July 31, 1991, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8067GCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910731030849A
- Case key
- 27308
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command accurately performing inflight fuel consumption calculations resulting in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command's poorly planned approached which terminated in a go-around.
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
A Cessna 177 collided with terrain adjacent to the runway after a loss of power during a go-around. There was no evidence of fuel found in the airplane after the accident. The pilot had completed a cross country flight of 3 hours and 50 minutes when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8067G
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177RG0067
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A2F, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael P. Turner
- Registered owner
- John E. Fernley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport
- Scottsdale, runway 21, 4,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SDL, 1 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.