# Accident 19951020033669A: Cessna 182R, Huntsville, AL, October 20, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1995, 19:55 local time
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Redstone Aaf Base
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6676° N, 86.6735° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6676&lon=-86.6735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3163E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3163E-1996-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 566 total, 27 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA96TA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96TA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951020033669A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON MAINTENANCE THIRD TEST FLIGHT. LANDED IN TREE TOPS. AIRBORNE SIX HRS. MISCALCULATED AIR TIME.

## 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 MIA96TA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96TA014), Oct 21, 1995: Cessna 182R (N3163E), Redstone Arsena, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's poor inflight planning decision for not flying the scheduled time and electing to perform 3 additional takeoffs not planned during fuel consumption calculations. Contributing to the…

## Other reports on N3163E (1)

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

- [Accident 19880901039469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880901039469A), Sep 1, 1988: Cessna 182R (N3163E), Spicewood, TX, Destroyed. Unable to stop on the runway after a crosswind landing. Veered off, struck a parked aircraft and overturned.

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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