Cessna 177B N35105

Summary

On 9 March 1983 at about 04:40 local time, a Cessna 177B registered N35105 was involved in an accident near Arvin, California, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 March 1983 at 04:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Arvin, California, United States

Coordinates

35.0806, -118.7901

Aircraft

Cessna 177B

Registration

N35105

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pacoima → Bakersfield

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX83LA129

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND, THE ENG SPUTTERED & QUIT. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE FUEL GAGES INDICATED THE LEFT TANK WAS 1/4 FULL & THE RIGHT TANK WAS 1/8 FULL WHEN THE ENG LOST POWER. DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROADWAY, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH POLES & WIRES & CRASHED. THE PLT STATED THAT HE HAD 'DIPPED THE TANKS' DURING HIS PREFLT & HE FELT SURE HE HAD ADEQUATE FUEL FOR THE FLT. DEPUTIES FROM THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE INSPECTED THE ACFT & FOUND THAT BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.