# Incident 20030522011249I: Cessna 182P, Danbury, CT, May 22, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2003, 16:38 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Danbury Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3715° N, 73.4822° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANBURY MUNI (DXR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3715&lon=-73.4822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7529N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7529N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030522011249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ON IFR APPROACH TO DXR, THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH NY TRACON, THE NATURE OF THE EMERGENCY WAS UNKNOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLED TWICE OVER THE FIELD AND LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 17 TRAVELLING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY DAMAGING THE LEFT WING TIP, PROPELLER STRIKE AND LEFT WHEEL FAIRING. PILOT STATED THAT HIS AIRCRAFT ENGINE SPUTTERED AND HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS, SO HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT FUEL TANK INDICATED A LITTLE ABOVE 1/4 FULL AND THE LEFT TANK WAS EMPTY. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND POSITION AND WITNESSES STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE. PILOT STATED THAT HE SELECTED RIGHT TANK FROM BOTH TANKS AND ENGINE RAN FINE.

## Other reports on N7529N (2)

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

- [Accident 20240822013519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240822013519A), Aug 22, 2024: Cessna 182P (N7529N), Shelter Island, NY, Substantial damage. On 08/22/2024 at Klenawicus Airfield (NY03) Shelter Island, NY, a single engine airplane, C182, VFR, overshot runway 2 and slid into a ditch after nose gear…
- [Accident 19920118005709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920118005709A), Jan 18, 1992: Cessna 182P (N7529N), Monee, IL, Substantial damage. Made hard night landing. Did not find damage to aircraft until one month later.

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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