# Accident 19820226026699A: Cessna 182C, Eloy, AZ, February 26, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1982, 19:30 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7559° N, 111.5548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eloy, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7559&lon=-111.5548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8588T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8588T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 89 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FUJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUJ29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820226026699A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON APPROACH, CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY. PILOT ARRESTED FOR POSSESION OF DRUGS AND CONCEALED WEAPONS.

## 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 LAX82FUJ29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUJ29), Feb 27, 1982: Cessna 182C (N8588T), Eloy, AZ, substantial damage

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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