# Incident 19970601012259I: Cessna 182E, Stanton, TX, June 1, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1997, 17:00 local time
- Place: Stanton, TX
- Airport: Stanton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1736° N, 101.8225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STANTON MUNI (63F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1736&lon=-101.8225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9332X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9332X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 308 total, 12 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970601012259I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT THE SKYDIVERS HAD EXITED THE AIRCRAFT; HE WAS ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE AIRPORT WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF, THE BOTTOM COWLING WAS DAMAGED, AND THE PROPELLER WAS BENT. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE CLIMB TO ALTITUDE, ANOTHER PILOT HAD TOLD HIM THAT AIRCRAFT EXHAUST WAS EMITTING BLACK SMOKE. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT TOLD A POLICE OFFICER THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING ON AUTO FUEL. THE MECHANIC WHO RETRIEVED THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED TEN GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK AND VERY LITTLE IN THE RIGHT TANK. UNUSABLE FUEL IN THIS AIRCRAFT IS FIVE GALLONS. THE PILOT REPORTED USING "BOTH" ON THE FUEL SELECTOR. INVESTIGATION HAS REVEALED NO ENGINE DISCREPANCIES.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.