# Incident 19960514015299I: Cessna 182Q, Kingman, KS, May 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1996, 12:40 local time
- Place: Kingman, KS
- Airport: Kingman Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BWFA
- Location: 37.6477° N, 98.1160° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kingman, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6477&lon=-98.1160&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759ZU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N759ZU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960514015299I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 14, 1996, AT 16:48 (GMT), A CESSNA 182, N759ZU, REGISTERED TO MAC AIR INCORPORATED, EXPERIENCED A GRADUAL DECLINE OF OIL PRESSURE WHILE EN ROUTE FROM GARDEN CITY, KS TO WICHITA, KS. THE ENGINE GRADUALLY LOST POWER UNTIL THE ENGINE QUIT; THE PILOT BROKE OUT OF THE OVERCAST AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL AND LANDED ON A DIRT ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO FURTHER DAMAGE. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GARDEN CITY, KS ON MAY 14, 1996, AT 15:40 GMT.

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