# Accident 20040429018139A: Cessna 182P, Soddy Daisy, TN, April 29, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2004, 20:31 local time
- Place: Soddy Daisy, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0350° N, 85.2036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0350&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2277M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2277M-2018-01-12) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040429018139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N2277M LANDED IN A FIELD AND SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT TOLD THE LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS THAT HE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS CLAUDE TOLBERT. THE POLICE OFFICER ON THE SCENE STATED THAT THE PILOT APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED. THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE PILOT WAS QUESTIONABLE; THE POLICE REPORT STATED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE ANY IDENTIFICATION IN HIS POSSESSION. THE PILOT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO ERLANGER MEDICAL CENTER IN CHATTANOOGA TN WHERE HE WAS IN SERIOUS CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM BLUE RIDGE, GA. AND LANDED NEAR SALE CREEK, TN. (25.7NM @ 16 DEGS FROM THE CHA AIRPORT). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE CREST OF A HILL AND THEN PROCEEDED DOWN THE HILL FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 265 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CROSSED A DITCH WHERE THE NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON SLIDING ACROSS A GRAVEL ROAD. AFTER CROSSING THE ROAD THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED WITH SEVERAL TREES ALONG A FENCEROW. ADDITIONAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT WING CONTAINED A QUANTITY OF FUEL. THE AMOUNT OF FUEL COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS SET TO THE BOTH. THE FLAPS WERE IN THE FULL UP POSITION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL04LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA103), Apr 29, 2004: Cessna 182P (N2277M), Sale Creek, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, and the pilot's alcohol impairment that resulted in an inadvertent stall and collision with the ground.

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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