# Accident 19960908036049A: Cessna 182, Minneapolis, MN, September 8, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1996, 16:55 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9197° N, 93.4009° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9197&lon=-93.4009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5401B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5401B-2017-06-07) (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 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,032 total, 6,732 in this make and model, 189 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960908036049A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY ONLY UNUSABLE FUEL IN SHORT RANGE FUEL TANKS. (-23) DURING APPROACH TO THE FLYING CLOUD (FCM), MN AIRPORT, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. HE DID NOT GIVE THE TOWER A REASON FOR EMERGENCY. TOWER CLEARED PILOT TO LAND ANY RUNWAY. AT APPROXIMATELY 1655, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND, BOUNCED UP, COMING TO REST AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY 60' FORM THE INITIAL CONTACT POINT ON A HEADING OF ABOUT 86 DEGREES, ABOUT 2000' SW OF THE AIRPORT IN A PRIVATE FIELD. THE IMPACT SEPARATED THE NOSE GEAR, BUCKLED THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, DISLODGED THE ANTICOLLISION LIGHT (MOUNTED ON TOP OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER), DAMAGED LEFT WING, BROKE THE ENGINE MOUNT, AND BENT THE PROP (THIS IN NOT A DETAILED LIST OF ALL DAMAGE, THERE MAY BE OTHER LESS NOTICEABLE DAMAGE). THE PILOT REPORTED MINOR INJURIES (BUMP) AND NO PASSENGERS.

## 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 CHI96LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA331), Sep 8, 1996: Cessna 182 (N5401B), Eden Prairie, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's misjudging the fuel supply and fuel exhaustion. A related factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.

## Other reports on N5401B (1)

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

- [Incident 19790409010529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790409010529I), Apr 9, 1979: Cessna 182 (N5401B), Midway Park, NC, Minor damage. Pilot touched down half way down on a short, muddy sod strip. Flipped over

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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