# Accident 20020324004709A: Cessna 182C, Moneta, VA, March 24, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2002, 13:00 local time
- Place: Moneta, VA
- Airport: Smith Mountain Lake Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1789° N, 79.6161° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1789&lon=-79.6161&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8667T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8667T-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 484 total, 8 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020324004709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 24, AT ABOUT 1300, DURING APPROACH TO LAND AT THE SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE AIRPORT (W91) THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT AT APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET MSL. THE PILOT BEGAN AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT MANAGED TO GET THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND BEGAN A GO-AROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET, AND THE ENGINE QUIT AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO HIS FOREHEAD. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DAMAGING THE ENGINE MOUNT, FIREWALL, AND BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE. THE FUSELAGE AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BENT FROM THE FORCE OF THE IMPACT. THE PROPELLER DAMAGE INDICATES THE ENGINE WAS NOT MAKING POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT WING FUEL TANK WAS DRY/EMPTY, AND THE RIGHT WING FUEL TANK HAD LESS THAN A GALLON. THE FUEL LINES IN THE CARBURETOR AND THE GASCOLATOR WERE EMPTY; THE CARBURETOR BOWL HAD ABOUT 5 TABLESPOONS OF FUEL. FUEL STARVATION IS INDICATED.

## 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 NYC02LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA074), Mar 24, 2002: Cessna 182C (N8667T), Moneta, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.

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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