# Incident 20030118000549I: Cessna R182, Galveston, TX, January 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2003, 10:50 local time
- Place: Galveston, TX
- Airport: Scholes Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3014° N, 94.7978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galveston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3014&lon=-94.7978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030118000549I

## Narrative

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

(-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 19950602016869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950602016869I), Jun 2, 1995: Cessna R182 (N58GS), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: 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…

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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