- Date
- September 1, 1989, 22:11 local (Sep 2, 1989, 03:11 UTC)
- Place
- Woodville, MS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2921XCessna 177
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890901034959A
- Case key
- 32493
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel. Factors related to the accident were: darkness and the ditch.
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
The plt estimated he had 32 gal of fuel on board when he took off. He thought he had sufficient fuel for the flt, but after 3 hrs & 5 min, the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion. The plt was able to make a night landing at a nearby arpt. However, during the landing, the airplane overran the runway & collided with a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2921X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 177-00321
- Airframe hours
- 1,785
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E20, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Waldo, John T.
- Registered owner
- John T Waldo
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- T17 · Houston, TX
- Destination
- 1R7 · Brookhaven, MS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MS57 · Fred Netterville, runway 24, 3,000 × 30 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
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 361 total · 59 in this make and model · 269 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCB, 27 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 N2921X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.