- Date
- June 28, 1988, 09:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Elko, NV
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N35181Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880628033349A
- Case key
- 40838
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt had just purchased acft and was on initial leg of cross-country flight. Plt calculated 4.9 hrs endurance, verified by CFI as adequate for proposed flt. After 4.2 hours tach time, fuel exhaustion occurred and a forced landing was executed 21 miles short of destination. Acft fuel gages and clock were inop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35181
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702249
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Boyd L. Strissel
- Registered owner
- Charles L. Smithers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1987 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- BIL · Billings, MT
- Destination
- EKO · Elko, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 104 total · 8 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- EKO
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 N35181 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.