# Accident 20020928025169A: Cessna 182, Lucernevalley, CA, September 28, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2002, 10:26 local time
- Place: Lucernevalley, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4525° N, 117.0644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4525&lon=-117.0644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6412A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6412A-2017-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX02LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA298) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020928025169A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2002, ABOUT 1026 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182, N6412A, LOST ENGINE POWER IN FLIGHT AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING A FORCED LANDING AT LUCERNE VALLEY, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND FRONT PASSENGER, WHO WAS ALSO A PILOT, RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE REAR-SEATED PASSENGER SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT DEPARTED THE BOULDER CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT ABOUT 0915, EN ROUTE TO APPLE VALLEY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN. IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATOR, THE PILOT DESCRIBED THE POWER LOSS AS INTERMITTENT. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER DURING A CRUISE DESCENT AND THE PILOT INITIATED THE ENGINE-OUT PROCEDURE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE ENGINE SEEMED TO CORRECT ITSELF, BUT LOST POWER AGAIN SHORTLY THEREAFTER. HE PERFORMED THE ENGINE-OUT PROCEDURE AGAIN. THIS TIME HIS COMMERCIAL PILOT PASSENGER ASSISTED HIM BY GOING THROUGH THE AIRPLANE'S CHECKLIST. THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN DESCENDING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 6,500 FEET AND HE COULD NOT RESTART THE ENGINE. THE PILOT COULD NOT LOCATE THE FUEL GAUGES UNTIL THE AIRPLANE WAS ON THE GROUND, WHERE THEY INDICATED EMPTY. HE DID REPORT HAVING LOOKED IN THE TANKS BEFORE TAKEOFF, AND THEN AGAIN FOLLOWING THE FORCED LANDING. THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHEN HE CHECKED, NOTING ABOUT 2.5 INCHES OF FUEL REMAINING IN THE TANKS. (-23) AIRCRAFT N6412A, A CESSNA 182, DEPARTED BOULDER CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, NEVADA. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE IN CRUISE/DESCENT TO APPLY VALLEY AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. THE ENGINE CORRECTED ITSELF AND THEN LOST POWER AGAIN. THE PILOT COULD NOT RESTART THE ENGINE AND HAD TO EXECUTE A FORCED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED NUMEROUS OBJECTS UPON LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGERS.

## 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 LAX02LA298](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA298), Sep 28, 2002: Cessna 182 (N6412A), Lucerne Valley, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate fuel consumption calculations.

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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