# Accident 19801205081209A: Cessna 182A, Orlando, FL, December 5, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Herndon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2056G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2056G-1982-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,890 total, 13 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FLD17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FLD17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801205081209A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON 2 MILE FINAL. PILOT STATED OUT OF FUEL. NONE FOUND AFTER CRASH LANDING. NO ENGINE FUEL DEFECT FOUND.

## 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 MIA81FLD17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FLD17), Dec 5, 1980: Cessna 182A (N2056G), Orlando, FL, destroyed

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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