# Accident 19910330007989A: Cessna 182A, Lake Elsinore, CA, March 30, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1991, 10:30 local time
- Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6681° N, 117.3273° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Elsinore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6681&lon=-117.3273&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6315A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6315A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,108 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910330007989A

## Narrative

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

GLIDER TOW AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL RETURNING TO AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX91LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA151), Mar 30, 1991: Cessna 182A (N6315A), Lake Elsinore, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED ENGINE POWER LOSS. A FACTOR WS THE SOFT TERRAIN.

## Other reports on N6315A (1)

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

- [Incident 19860208008619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860208008619I), Feb 8, 1986: Cessna 182 (N6315A), Huntington Beac, CA, Minor damage. Touched down on final third of runway. Ran off end where nose wheel sheared and aircraft nose was buried in mud.

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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