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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna R182 · Galveston, TX · January 18, 2003

Date: January 18, 2003 · 10:50 local
Place: Galveston, TX
Airport: Scholes Field Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N58GS
Reported as: Cessna R182
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,050 total1,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N58GSRegistered now · Cessna R182S/N R18201412 · Built 1979 Airframe modelCessna R182 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot reported fuel problems 5 miles sw of Galveston sholes field. Pilot landed on Galveston beach. Found that the right fuel tank was empty. Pilot switched fuel selector to left fuel tank and departed for sholes field where he refueled at evergreen aviation then departed for weiser airpark (eyq) landing at 1230 LCL time 01/18/2003.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED FUEL PROBLEMS 5 MILES SW OF GALVESTON SHOLES FIELD. PILOT LANDED ON GALVESTON BEACH. FOUND THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. PILOT SWITCHED FUEL SELECTOR TO LEFT FUEL TANK AND DEPARTED FOR SHOLES FIELD WHERE HE REFUELED AT EVERGREEN AVIATION THEN DEPARTED FOR WEISER AIRPARK (EYQ) LANDING AT 1230 LCL TIME 01/18/2003.

Other reports on N58GS · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19950602016869IFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Houston, TXNarrative: pilot stated - on flight to luling and return - land at luling ok - on return leg coming into pattern at eyq lowered landing gear and found no nose gear & no green down lights. Tried many times to cycle gear, also tried manual pump without success.…Jun 2, 1995 · Minor damage