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| Date: | Saturday 26 December 1992 |
| Time: | 19:26 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 177 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2325Y |
| MSN: | 17700125 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4261 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bowling Green, KY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Greenwood, IL (10C) |
| Nashville, TN (KBNA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
FOUR HOURS INTO A FLIGHT FROM GREENWOOD, ILLINOIS TO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL GAUGES SHOWED THE TANKS WITH 1/4 FUEL REMAINING. HE ELECTED TO DIVERT TO BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY AND REFUEL. WHILE ON DOWN WIND FOR LANDING AT THE AIRPORT THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF A MILE SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE FAA FOUND NO FUEL IN THE AIRPLANE'S TANKS WHEN THEY EXAMINED THE WRECKAGE.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE INFLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISION WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION AND THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC93LA052
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 November 1967 | N2325Y | Longhorn Flyin | 0 | Waco, TX | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 07:53 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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