# NTSB Accident LAX02FA144
> **Cessna 177B** · 2002-04-26 · Fullerton, CA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX02FA144
- **Event ID:** 20020507X00641
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-04-26
- **Location:** Fullerton, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.878887, -117.894165
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 177B
- **Registration:** N177DP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAWN
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The total loss of engine power during cruise flight resulting from oil exhaustion.  The oil exhaustion resulted from deterioration and total failure of the oil filter converter plate gasket, which had not been replaced due to maintenance personnel's failure to comply with an airworthiness directive.

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