- Date
- December 27, 1988, 22:43 local (Dec 28, 1988, 03:43 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30564Cessna 177A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881227056829A
- Case key
- 32377
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The private pilot contacted lakeland tower in flt about 2115 and was told that no fuel was available. He elected to continue flt. The pilot experienced an engine failure due to fuel exhaustion after 4 hours and 12 minutes of flight. He then executed a forced landing into trees. The pilot stated that he refueled the aircraft the day before the accident but did not preflight the aircraft and visually check the fuel level prior to flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30564
- Reported as
- Cessna 177A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177-01330
- Airframe hours
- 2,409
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A2F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George O Sims Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1988 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- OJ7 · Dothan, AL
- Destination
- LNA · Lantana, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,651 total · 1,620 in this make and model · 1,542 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 120° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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