# Accident 19970426006619A: Cessna T182, Hemet, CA, April 26, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1997, 14:33 local time
- Place: Hemet, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7341° N, 116.9968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hemet, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7341&lon=-116.9968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5482N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5482N-1998-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182 (registry code 2072736, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 15 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970426006619A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ENROUTE. HAD EXHAUSTED FUEL. BELIEVED FUEL GAGES IN ERROR ON EMPTY. FAILED NOTE HOURS AT MAX FUEL RANGE.

## 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 LAX97LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA168), Apr 26, 1997: Cessna T182 (N5482N), Hemet, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's decision not to dip check the aircraft fuel tanks after he had noted a disagreement between the cockpit fuel gages and what he had observed visually in the fuel tanks, and his failure to…

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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