# Accident 19820603020469A: Cessna 182K, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, June 3, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1982, 07:45 local time
- Place: Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Arecibo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4547° N, 66.7353° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arecibo, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4547&lon=-66.7353&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2575Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2575Q-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 120 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA82DA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820603020469A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED DURING FORCED LANDING AFTER FUEL EXHUASTION. PILOT TOOK OFF WITH 8 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD.

## 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 MIA82DA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA131), Jun 3, 1982: Cessna 182K (N2575Q), Arecibo, PR, 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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