# Incident 20021106031419I: Cessna 182J, Scott, AR, November 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2002, 21:20 local time
- Place: Scott, AR
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6960° N, 92.0936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scott, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6960&lon=-92.0936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2998F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2998F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182J (registry code 2072722, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021106031419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 6, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 2115 CDT, CESSNA 182, N2998F, EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING NEAR SCOTT, ARKANSAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED AFTER EXPERIENCING FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND A MINOR CHILD (4 YEARS OLD) WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED. THE AIRPLANE IS REGISTERED TO HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE FLYERS, INC. AND WAS OPERATED BY DENNIS HARBIN NOONER OF BONNERDALE, ARKANSAS. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT ARRANGED FOR AVIATION FUEL TO BE DELIVERED TO THE SCENE. HE DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT WAS SAFE FOR FLIGHT, AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, EXECUTED A NIGHT TAKE OFF FROM A HIGHWAY, WITH THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE MINOR CHILD ON BOARD. THE PILOT, AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, BOTH STATED IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, THAT A QUALIFIED MECHANIC DID NOT INSPECT THE AIRPLANE, OR POWERPLANT, AFTER THE ENGINE FAILURE AND THE EMERGENCY LANDING. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH AN INTENDED DESTINATION OF HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE PILOT DID NOT CORRECTLY CALCULATE THE REQUIRED FUEL FOR THE FLIGHT.

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