# NTSB MIA84LA117: Cessna C-177B, N20433, Pahokee, FL, March 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 19, 1984, 01:23 local (06:23 UTC)
- Place: Pahokee, FL
- Coordinates: 26.599689, -80.180221 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5997&lon=-80.1802&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31103
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84LA117
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31103/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84LA117

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing

## Analysis

AT 0052, SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING BIG CYPRESS, FL, THE PLT CALLED WEST PALM BEACH TOWER & REQUESTED ADVISORIES TO PAHOKEE ARPT. THE CONTROLLER REQUESTED THE FLT'S POSITION, BUT THE PLT WAS NOT SURE OF HIS LOCATION. THE TOWER CONTROLLER CONTACTED MIAMI ARTC FOR ASSISTANCE & THE ACFT WAS LOCATED 35 MI NORTHWEST OF MIAMI, FL. VECTORS WERE PROVIDED TO PAHOKEE, FL. HOWEVER, AT 0123, WHEN THE ACFT WAS ON AN APCH TO THE PAHOKEE ARPT, THE PLT ADVISED THAT HE WAS 'OUT OF FUEL' & WAS DITCHING. THE ACFT WAS DITCHED IN THE OKEECHOBEE LAKE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N20433](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20433-2011-06-10), registration cancelled 2011-06-10, S/N 17702672, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-177B
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177 02672
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert Dean Stokes
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1983
- Departed: PRI, BIG CYPRESS, FL
- Destination: PAHOKEE, FL
- Airport: PHK, Pahokee, runway 7, 1,617 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 425 total, 425 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 35 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840319006009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840319006009A), Mar 19, 1984: Cessna 177B, Pahokee, FL, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit from fuel exhaustion while on approach for landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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