# Accident 19961231040889A: Cessna 182P, Fullerton, CA, December 31, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1996, 10:33 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8760° N, 117.9630° 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=33.8760&lon=-117.9630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9003M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9003M-2024-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,115 total, 280 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961231040889A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. TRIED RETURN. HIT FENCE SHORT RUNWAY. WAATER IN FUEL LEAKY FUEL CAP. RECENT ANNUAL AND RAIN

## 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 LAX97LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA080), Dec 31, 1996: Cessna 182P (N9003M), Fullerton, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel system water contamination due to the failure of both pilots to purge all water from the fuel system prior to departure. Contributing factors were: failure of the mechanic conducting the recent…

## Other reports on N9003M (2)

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

- [Accident 20181204023189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181204023189A), Dec 4, 2018: Cessna 182P (N9003M), Reno, NV, Substantial damage. On a VMC instrument instructional flight, a bird strike occurred causing substantial damage to the leading edge of the left wing of the aircraft. The aircraft…
- [Accident 20050130001729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050130001729A), Jan 30, 2005: Cessna 182P (N9003M), Reno, NV, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] lost control of aircraft during landing which resulted in a hard landing of the aircraft.

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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