19991214040249A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182R · Farmington, NM · December 14, 1999

Date
December 14, 1999 · 16:20 local
Place
Farmington, NM
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4616H
Reported as
Cessna 182R
Reported engine
Continental O470U
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,549 total1,426 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(.4) On a cross-country flight that was on a route the pilot flew often as a non-stop trip, the airplane encountered constant head winds that reduced ground speed to about 90 knots. After 6 hours and 50 minutes of flight, the pilot made the decision to land at an airport short of his destination for fuel. According to the pilot, when the airplane was about 35 miles short of the intended fuel stop, the engine lost all power due to fuel exhaustion and he conducted a forced landing to rough uneven terrain. During landing roll, the aircraft nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

(.4) ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT WAS ON A ROUTE THE PILOT FLEW OFTEN AS A NON-STOP TRIP, THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED CONSTANT HEAD WINDS THAT REDUCED GROUND SPEED TO ABOUT 90 KNOTS. AFTER 6 HOURS AND 50 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO LAND AT AN AIRPORT SHORT OF HIS DESTINATION FOR FUEL. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHEN THE AIRPLANE WAS ABOUT 35 MILES SHORT OF THE INTENDED FUEL STOP, THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION AND HE CONDUCTED A FORCED LANDING TO ROUGH UNEVEN TERRAIN. DURING LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.