# Accident 20020502009199A: Cessna 182G, Newport, AR, May 2, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2002, 16:45 local time
- Place: Newport, AR
- Airport: Newport Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7269° N, 91.2428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7269&lon=-91.2428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3146S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020502009199A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 02, 2002 AT APPROX. 16:45 CST, CESSNA 182, N3146S, A GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A LEVEE IN A RICE FIELD AND ENDED UP INVERTED SHORT OF A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP TWO MILES WEST OF TRUMAN, ARKANSAS. THE AIRCRAFT IS REGISTERED TO SILVER AIR INC. AND WAS OPERATED BY PHILLIP MILLER OF JUDSONIA, ARKANSAS. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES, CUTS TO THE LIP FOR THE PILOT AND A BROKEN WRIST FOR THE PASSENGER. THE PILOT HOLDS MULTIENGINE LAND/COMMERCIAL AND IS INSTRUMENT RATED. FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER IFR FLIGHT PLAN. ACCIDENT OCCURED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. A IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN NEWPORT, ARKANSAS (M19) AND CONTINUED TO LEAVENWORTH KANSAS, (FLV) AND WAS TO RETURN TO NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INCLUDE STATEMENTS FROM GROUND PERSONNEL AT REFUELING POINTS INDICATING THE FUEL CAP ON THE LT MAIN FUEL TANK WAS BROKEN AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE BOTH AWARE. THIS IS THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE FUEL DEPLETION.

## 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 FTW02LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA137), May 2, 2002: Cessna 182G (N3146S), Tuckerman, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's operation of the airplane with a known equipment deficiency, which resulted in fuel leakage and a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A contributing factors was the lack of…

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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