# Accident 20010430008979A: Cessna 182Q, Pikeville, KY, April 30, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2001, 18:50 local time
- Place: Pikeville, KY
- Airport: Pike County-Hatcher Fld Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8092° N, 82.7999° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8092&lon=-82.7999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N129V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N129V) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 544 total, 47 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010430008979A

## Narrative

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

(-23)AIRCRAFT FLOWN FOR FORREST FIRE SPOTTING FOR KY. FORRESTER DIVISION. ACFT DEPARTED FROM MT. STERLING KY LANDED AT BIG SANDY AIRCRAFT (DID NOT TAKE ON FUEL).  FLEW A TOTAL OF 5 HRS PRIOR TO CRASH.  PILOT REPORTED ENGINE STALLED RE-STARTED AND STALLED AGAIN, THEN HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE AND MADE AN OFF FEILD ENGINE OFF LANDING.  AIRCRAFT LANDED IN AN OPEN CORN FIELD TRAVELED APPROX 300 FT. AND CAME TO REST UP SIDE DOWN.  ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY, WITH SOME FUEL FLUID FOUND IN THE FIRE WALL TO CARBUEATOR.                                                     (.4) THE PILOT STATED THAT ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, HE FLEW BETWEEN 5-6 HOURS, BUT ESTIMATED AN ENDURANCE OF 7 HOURS BASED ON FULL TANKS AT THE ECONOMY CRUISE SETTING. DURING HIS FOURTH FLIGHT OF THE DAY, THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. THE PILOT TOLD THE PASSENGER THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS OUT OF FUEL, AND PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING INTO A CORNFIELD. THE PILOT ADDED THAT BEFORE HE DEPARTED ON HIS FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY, HE INSTRUCTED THE FIXED BASED OPERATOR TO COMPLETELY FUEL THE AIRPLANE. SUBSEQUENTLY, DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, BOTH TANKS APPEARED TO BE FULL. HOWEVER, THE MANAGER OF THE  FIXED BASED OPERATOR STATED THAT PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT PILOT ARRIVING AT THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN 1.2 HOURS BY A DIFFERENT PILOT. AFTER THAT FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT REFUELED BEFORE THE ACCIDENT PILOT DEPARTED. THE MANAGER BELIEVED THE ACCIDENT PILOT DEPARTED WITH 76 GALLONS OF FUEL, INSTEAD OF THE 88-GALLON USEABLE CAPACITY.

## 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 NYC01LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA112), Apr 30, 2001: Cessna 182Q (N129V), Paintsville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection of the aircraft, which resulted in fuel exhaustion during cruise flight.

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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