# Incident 19981223042409I: Cessna 182A, Ames, IA, December 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1998, 10:50 local time
- Place: Ames, IA
- Airport: Ames Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9920° N, 93.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AMES MUNI (AMW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9920&lon=-93.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2209G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2209G-2018-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981223042409I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON DECEMBER 23, 1998, MR. WORKMAN DEPARTED VINTON VETERAN'S MEMORIAL AIRPARK, VINTON IA, TO AMES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, (AMW), AMES IOWA. UPON ENTERING THE PATTERN AT AMW AIRPORT THE ENGINE QUIT. MR. WORKMAN MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A HARVESTED BEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES EAST OF THE AMW AIRPORT. AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR ROB WATKINS & AVIATION SAFETY TECHNICIAN TOM WEATHERMAN, BOTH FROM THE DES MOINES FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (FSDO), INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, N2209G, AND DISCOVERED FROM SUMPING BOTH TANKS AND VISUALLY INSPECTING THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THRU THE FUEL TANK PORT, THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF FUEL. MR. WORKMAN RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N2209G (3)

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

- [Accident 20140629010689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140629010689A), Jun 29, 2014: Cessna 182A (N2209G), Geneseo, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot was descending after releasing 2 parachute jumpers. While descending, the pilot stated the engine was "acting up". She checked the fuel gauges which read…
- [Incident 19950805031039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950805031039I), Aug 5, 1995: Cessna 182A (N2209G), Vinton, IA. Lost power landed half mile short of runway. One fuel tank empty other low fuel. Fuel unported. AFM lacks info.
- [Incident 19910529024479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910529024479I), May 29, 1991: Cessna 182A (N2209G), Grant, MI, 1 fatal. Jumper failed to open his parachute. Impacted the ground. Coroner reported jumper had a heart attack.

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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