# Accident 19990726009999A: Cessna 182D, Fond Du Lac, WI, July 26, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1999, 20:40 local time
- Place: Fond Du Lac, WI
- Airport: Fond Du Lac County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7712° N, 88.4884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOND DU LAC COUNTY (FLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7712&lon=-88.4884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8878X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8878X-2013-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990726009999A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED 5 MILES NORTH OF FIELD FOR LANDING, MADE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING 2 MILES NORTH OF FIELD RWY 18. 1 MINOR INJURY.                                (-23) THREE-HOUR AND 20-MINUTE FLIGHT FROM CAE GIRARDO MO (CGI) TO OSH. DIRECTED TO FLD BECAUSE OSH CLOSED.  LOST POWER AT 1100 MSL, TURNED TO AVOID POWER LINES, IMPACTED IN FIELD BREAKING OFF NOSE GEAR, BENDING MAIN GEAR, BENDING ENGINE MOUNT AND FUSELAGE.  NO INJURIES.  FUEL TANKS EMPTY, NO EXTERNAL STAINS.  PILOT STATED HE DID NOT LEAN MIXTURE.

## 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 CHI99FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA252), Jul 27, 1999: Cessna 182D (N8878X), Fond Du Lac, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inaccurate fuel consumption calculations and the subsequent fuel exhaustion. Factors associated with the accident were the crops and the soft field conditions.

## Other reports on N8878X (1)

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

- [Incident 19990425021379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990425021379I), Apr 25, 1999: Cessna 182D (N8878X), Enterprise, MS, Minor damage. VFR pilot got into IFR conditions, made 2 vectored approaches into MEI, ran out of fuel on third attempt, landed in field near Enterprise, MS

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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