- Date
- September 14, 1988, 20:25 local (Sep 15, 1988, 00:25 UTC)
- Place
- Polk City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2357YCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880914071129A
- Case key
- 32236
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt failed to insure acft had adequate fuel supply for flt. The engine failed due to fuel exhaustion and a forced landing was made in a field. The plt said that he experienced stronger than expected head winds. Post acc invest revealed that the acft fuel tanks were empty with no evidence of spillage or leakage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2357Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700157
- Airframe hours
- 1,297
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Howard Whitmire
- Registered owner
- Miles D Dick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 12, 1987 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- 40J · Perry, FL
- Destination
- GIF · Winter Haven, FL
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 53 in this make and model · 4,300 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 80° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 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.