# Accident 20050625013699A: Cessna 182A, Middleton, ID, June 25, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2005, 12:16 local time
- Place: Middleton, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7233° N, 116.5439° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7233&lon=-116.5439&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2153G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2153G-2015-05-15) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 916 total, 144 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050625013699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY A PARACHUTE BUSINESS AND HAD DROPPED ALL JUMPERS. ON THE DESCENT BACK TO THE REMOTE AIRSTRIP FROM WHICH THE COMPANY OPERATED, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. THE PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRSTRIP AND LANDED IN ROUGH TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOME POWER LINES, FLEW THROUGH A WIRE FENCE AND FLIPPED OVER. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED BY SALVAGE CREWS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD LESS THAN FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE TANKS. HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS TOP FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE SALVAGE CREWS COULD GET TO THE SITE TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT UPRIGHT. THE PILOT RECEIVED A HEAD INJURY AND A BROKEN ANKLE. HE HAS NO MEMORY OF THE CRASH LANDING. HE DOES RECALL THAT HE ADDED FUEL TO THE AIRCRAFT JUST PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. HIS CALCULATIONS OF THE FUEL REMAINING IN THE WINGS WOULD BE 10 TO 12 GALLONS OF FUEL.

## 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 SEA05LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA127), Jun 25, 2005: Cessna 182A (N2153G), Star, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor contributing to the accident were the transmission wires.

## Other reports on N2153G (2)

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

- [Incident 20010826024859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010826024859I), Aug 26, 2001: Cessna 182A (N2153G), Star, ID. (-23) On approach to land after releasing skydivers the aircraft encountered turbulance and the engine stopped. Pilot elected to make an off airport land…
- [Accident 19940227002949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940227002949A), Feb 27, 1994: Cessna 182A (N2153G), Nampa, ID, Substantial damage. Lost power returning from fifth jump flight. Hit barbed wire fence landing. Low fuel had unported.

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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