# Accident 20040710018129A: Cessna 182A, Walterboro, SC, July 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Walterboro, SC
- Airport: Walterboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7500° N, 80.6667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7500&lon=-80.6667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3955D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3955D-2020-11-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 445 total, 52 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040710018129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DROPPING OFF SKYDIVERS AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO AIRPORT AND ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 27 THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AND THEN QUIT. PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY 17 AND COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL GAUGES INDICATED EMPTY. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL TANKS WERE DIPPED AND SHOWED NO MEASURABLE FUEL IN LEFT TANK AND APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH OF FUEL IN RIGHT TANK. FUEL WAS ADDED TO TANK AND ENGINE RAN SATISFACTORY.

## 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 ATL04CA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA151), Jul 10, 2004: Cessna 182A (N3955D), Walterboro, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning of fuel required for the flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power.

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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