# Accident 19790528012789A: Cessna 182, Ellington, CT, May 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1979, 10:20 local time
- Place: Ellington, CT
- Airport: Ellington
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9254° N, 72.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (7B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9254&lon=-72.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2486G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2486G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 485 total, 69 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FNE1S](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FNE1S) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790528012789A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT SWITCHED TO LEFT TANK ON CLIMBOUT. HAD THREE GALLONS IN THAT TANK. FLT. MANUAL SAYS 5 GALS UNUSABLE FUEL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC79FNE1S](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FNE1S), May 28, 1979: Cessna 182 (N2486G), Ellington, CT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2486G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880722027639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880722027639A), Jul 22, 1988: Cessna 182B (N2486G), Burlington, WI, Substantial damage. Engine quit. Landed cross furrow in plowed field and nosed over. Fuel tanks were empty. Undetermined fuel leaked out

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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