- Date
- January 24, 1977
- Place
- Poplar Bluff, MO · POPLAR BLUFF, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8023GCessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report May 11, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770124006539A
- Case key
- 157580
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0537 77/1/24 POPLAR BLUFF,MO CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1925 N8023G PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 34, 5529 TOTAL HOURS, 12 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK CAPE GIRARDEAU,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL SEL HAS ONLY ON/OFF POSITIONS. LEFT TANK FOUND EMPTY, RIGHT TANK FULL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8023G
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.