What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On 10/07/2003, at about 1330 local time, a Cessna 182-A aircraft made a forced landing on a dirt road about 10 miles southwest of jean, NV airport (OL7) following a partial loss of engine power during cruise flight. There were no injuries to the two occupants. The aircraft came to rest inverted and sustained substantial damage. Power control (throttle) was pulled back towares idle, mixture control-full rich, propeller control-high RPM, carburetor heat-pulled back, primer closed, fuel selector selected to both, fuel filter (gascolator) empty, removed main fuel line from gascolator to the carburetor-no indication of fuel. Both wings were removed at the accident site and were able to drain a total of 3 gallons of fuel from both wing tanks.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON 10/07/2003, AT ABOUT 1330 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 182-A AIRCRAFT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JEAN, NV AIRPORT (OL7) FOLLOWING A PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. POWER CONTROL (THROTTLE) WAS PULLED BACK TOWARES IDLE, MIXTURE CONTROL-FULL RICH, PROPELLER CONTROL-HIGH RPM, CARBURETOR HEAT-PULLED BACK, PRIMER CLOSED, FUEL SELECTOR SELECTED TO BOTH, FUEL FILTER (GASCOLATOR) EMPTY, REMOVED MAIN FUEL LINE FROM GASCOLATOR TO THE CARBURETOR-NO INDICATION OF FUEL. BOTH WINGS WERE REMOVED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AND WERE ABLE TO DRAIN A TOTAL OF 3 GALLONS OF FUEL FROM BOTH WING TANKS.
NTSB investigation
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