Cessna 177B N16150

Summary

On 16 May 1982 at about 03:52 local time, a Cessna 177B registered N16150, operated by Lake Co. Aviation, was involved in an accident near 6 Nm S. of Lake, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 May 1982 at 03:52

Classification

Accident

Location

6 Nm S. of Lake, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 177B

Registration

N16150

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Lake Co. Aviation

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lakeport → Lakeport

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

LAX82DA175

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE PERFORMED HIS PREFLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT THE VISUAL CHECK OF THE FUEL TANKS INDICATED FUEL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TABS. TWENTY TWO MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE QUIT. HE EXECUTED A LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER ASSURING THE CONDITION OF HIS PASSENGERS THE PILOT EXAMINED THE FUEL TANKS AND FOUND THEM EMPTY. A SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES THAT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR FUEL EXHAUSTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.