Cessna 177RG N2699V

Summary

On 17 September 2020 at about 23:10 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N2699V, operated by Zain Aviation Inc, was involved in an accident near Palatine, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 September 2020 at 23:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Palatine, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

42.1096, -88.0408

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N2699V

Category

Airplane

Year built

1975

Engines

1

Operator

Zain Aviation Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wheeling → Lake in the Hills

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN20LA403

Nobody was injured.

The loss of partial engine power due to fuel starvation during departure which resulted in a forced landing and collision with a utility pole.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

Shortly after departure, the airplane’s engine lost partial power and the pilot conducted a forced landing to a road. During the landing, the airplane struck a utility pole. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and empennage. After the accident, the fuel flow/pressure gauge displayed 5.5 gallons remaining. A short engine run was conducted, and no anomalies were detected. Following the engine run, 1 gallon of fuel was drained, which according to certification documentation, is the unusable fuel. An examination of the airplane’s fuel system revealed no deficiencies. Documentation for the fuel flow/pressure gauge used by the pilot to estimate onboard fuel informs pilots that the fuel remaining is the amount based on initial pilot inputs and that it should never be the primary indicator of fuel quantity and that fuel should be visually checked or measured before takeoff. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with a partial loss of engine power due to fuel starvation

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.