# Accident 19981019047069A: Cessna 182Q, Farmerville, LA, October 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1998, 15:00 local time
- Place: Farmerville, LA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7692° N, 92.4009° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7692&lon=-92.4009&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4796N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4796N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981019047069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRPLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL. PILOT LANDED INA FIELD, HIT HARD AND BOUNCED TWICE, KNOCKING OFF NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR. OPERATIONS INSPECTOR CLYDE B. O'NEILL INTERVIEWED WILLIAM D. HOGAN, PIC, ON THE TELEPHONE ON 01/08/99. INSPECTOR O'NEILL DETERMINED THAT A PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCING FUEL EXHAUSTION WAS THE ASSUMPTION THAT HIS AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PROPERLY FUELED IN INDIANAPOLIS, BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT HE WAS BILLED FOR BY THE FBO, VERSUS THE CALCULATED FUEL BURNED TO GET TO INDIANOPOLIS. A FUELING ERROR RESULTED IN ONLY 14 GALLONS OF FUEL BEING ADDED TO THE AIRCRAFT INSTEAD OF THE 34 GALLONS THAT WERE BILLED. THIS RESULTED IN A SHORTAGE OF 24 GALLONS. INPECTOR O'NEILL DETERMINED THAT MR. HOGAN POSSESSED ADEQUATE KNOWLEDGE OF AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE AND FUEL CONSUMPTION, BUT MADE THE MISTAKE OF NOT VISUALLY CHECKING THAT THE AIRCRAFT TANKS WERE FULL, INSPECTOR COUNSELED MR. HOGAN ON THESE MATTERS.

## 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 FTW99LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA014), Oct 19, 1998: Cessna 182Q (N4796N), Farmerville, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as result of the pilot's inadequate preflight. Factors were the pilot's failure to verify the refueling of the airplane and the lack of suitable…

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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