# Incident 19870803045059I: Cessna 182D, Reno, NV, August 3, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1987, 06:30 local time
- Place: Reno, NV
- Airport: Cannon International
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9078X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9078X-2013-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870803045059I

## Narrative

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

FUEL EXHAUSTED IN PATTERN AFTER A SHORT FLIGHT.  SMALL FUEL LEAK IN LEFT TANK.  PILOT ESTIMATED FUEL ON PREFLIGHT.

## Other reports on N9078X (1)

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

- [Accident 20130414006229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130414006229A), Apr 14, 2013: Cessna 182D (N9078X), Smith Valley, NV, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On April 14, 2013, about 2050 pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna 182D, N9078X, impacted Mountainous terrain near wellington, Nevada. The airplane was owned…

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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