# Accident 20020729024439A: Cessna 182Q, Mc Allen, TX, July 29, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2002, 10:54 local time
- Place: Mc Allen, TX
- Airport: Miller International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1758° N, 98.2386° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1758&lon=-98.2386&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4896N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4896N-2002-10-22) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020729024439A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 7/29/02, CESSNA 182 WITH PIC ROBERT HARDY RAN OUT OF FUEL ON APPROACH TO MC ALLEN, TX AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BERM WHICH FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO ITS BACK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, HE ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. A WITNESS HELPED THE PILOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. (.19) ON JULY 29, 2002, AT 1053 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) FLIGHT 4248, A CESSNA 182Q SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N4896N, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE ON APPROACH AT THE MCALLEN MILLER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MCALLEN, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE CIVIL AIR PATROL, INC., OF MAXWELL AFB, ALABAMA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT DEPARTED RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS, AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. AT 0745, THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THE STINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEAR SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, WITH 3 PASSENGERS ABOARD T                                                           HE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE LANDED AT RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS, WHERE THE PASSENGERS DEPLANED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, FUEL WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT RIO GRANDE CITY, AND THE FINAL DESTINATION WAS MCALLEN FOR REFUELING. AT 1051:37, THE PILOT TRANSMITTED "MCALLEN TOWER THIS IS CAP FLIGHT 4248, I'M DECLARING AN EMERGENCY I'M RUNNING OUT OF FUEL." DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A BERM, NOSED OVER, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 MILES SHORT OF RUNWAY 13.

## 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 FTW02LA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA218), Jul 29, 2002: Cessna 182Q (N4896N), Mc Allen, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane resulting in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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