ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298310
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| Date: | Thursday 8 November 2001 |
| Time: | 18:48 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 177 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N177X |
| MSN: | 17700482 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4320 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gainesville, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fayetteville Regional Airport, NC (FAY/KFAY) |
| Gainesville-J R Alison Municipal Airport, FL (GNV/KGNV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that the second pilot was flying the airplane from the left seat. Prior to departure from Fayetteville, North Carolina, they had the airplane fueled to the holes in the bottom of the filler collars, which should have given them about 42 gallons of fuel. They did not completely fill the fuel tanks. While approaching to land at their destination, Gainesville, Florida, they elected to fly the instrument landing system approach to give the second pilot practice. The engine lost power about 3 miles from the runway. They turned on the electric fuel boost pump and the engine regained power momentarily. The engine then sputtered and quit., While making a forced landing, the airplane collided with trees. Postcrash examination of the airplane and crash site by an FAA Inspector, Fire Department personnel, and Sheriff's Department personnel showed the airplane contained no usable fuel and that there was no evidence of fuel leakage from the airplane at the crash site or from the airplane in flight.
Probable Cause: The failure of both pilots to insure the airplane contained adequate fuel to complete the flight resulting in loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and collision with trees during a forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA02LA015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 16:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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