# Accident 20010520011159A: Cessna 182E, Fallon, NV, May 20, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2001, 11:50 local time
- Place: Fallon, NV
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5606° N, 119.1697° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5606&lon=-119.1697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9344X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9344X-2018-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010520011159A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON MAY 20, 2001, ABOUT 1150 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182E, N9344X, OPERATED BY THE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY 50, ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF FALLON, NEVADA. NEITHER THE PRIVATE PILOT NOR HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA, AT 1050. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THEY WERE JUST FLYING AROUND WHEN HE SMELLED SMOKE AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY. BECAUSE OF AN ONCOMING CAR, THE PILOT MANEUVERED TO ONE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY FOR CLEARANCE AND COLLIDED WITH A ROAD SIGN. (-23) PILOT SMELLED FUMES FROM SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF BUT DID NOT ASSOCIATE THEM WITH AN AIRCRAFT PROBLEM INITIALLY. WHEN FLYING NEAR HIS DESTINATION, HE FELT THEY WERE STRONGER AND DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY, NEVADE HWY 50. UPON TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLOUT, HE OBSERVED AN AUTOMOBILE COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THAT HE HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY SEEN. HE VEERED TO MISS THE AUTO AND HIS WING STRUCK A ROAD SIGN CAUSING LOSS OF CONTRO                                            L WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE NOSE STRUT WAS SHEARED OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE RIGHT WING SPAR WAS DAMAGED.

## 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 LAX01LA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01LA182), May 20, 2001: Cessna 182E (N9344X), Fallon, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance with a road sign during an emergency landing to a road. Contributing factors were the smoke created from a bird nest in the engine compartment, and the…

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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