# Accident 20000927041189A: Cessna 182Q, Owingsville, KY, September 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2000, 13:55 local time
- Place: Owingsville, KY
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1167° N, 83.7500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1167&lon=-83.7500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94326 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD00LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000927041189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 1355EDT(1755UTC), A CESSNA 182-Q, N94326, IMPACTED TERRAIN AS AN APPARENT RESULT OF A FORCED LANDING NEAR OWINGSVILLE, KY. THE PRIVATE RATED PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THERE WAS NO POST-CRASH FIRE.  THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT.   THE FLIGHT DEPARTED MANASSAS, VA AT 1112 EDT (1512 UTC), VFR WESTBOUND.  REPORTS INDICATES THAT THE PILOT MADE A RADIO CALL TO LEXINGTON ATCT AT ABOUT 1750 UTC.  THE TOWER REPORTED THAT THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HIS ENGINE WAS "SPUTTERING" AND THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOW ON FUEL.  NO FURTHER TRANSMISSION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY MADE FROM THE PILOT TO THE CONTROL TOWER.  WITNESSES NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED THAT THE PROPELLER WAS NOT TURNING PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE TERRAIN. NEAREST WEATHER TAKEN FROM LEXINGTON, KY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS AS FOLLOWS: WINDS VARIABLE AT 6 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 MILES, SKY CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 18C, DEWPOINT 9C, ALTIMETER 30.23.

## 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 IAD00LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD00LA085), Sep 27, 2000: Cessna 182Q (N94326), Owingsville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to water contamination of the fuel. Also causal in the accident was the pilot/owner's failure to repair the inoperative fuel cap.

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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