# NTSB Accident ERA09CA232
> **CESSNA 177RG** · 2009-04-04 · Ocean Isle Beach, NC, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA09CA232
- **Event ID:** 20090404X04940
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2009-04-04
- **Location:** Ocean Isle Beach, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.913055, -78.428611
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 177RG
- **Registration:** N1838Q
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to divert to an alternate airport resulting in the total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's incorrect determination of the fuel load prior to the flight, the lack of placards near the engine-monitoring instrument, and the pilot's reliance of the on-board engine-monitoring instrument instead of the fuel quantity gauges.

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