# Accident 20050904033979A: Cessna 182E, Toledo, WA, September 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2005, 11:45 local time
- Place: Toledo, WA
- Airport: Toledo-Winlock E Carlson Mem
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.4031° N, 122.6983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4031&lon=-122.6983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2942Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2942Y-2007-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 975 total, 40 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050904033979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ADDED 34 GAL. OF FUEL AT SNAHOMISH AIRPORT. AFTER FUELING THE RIGHT WING, THE FUEL CAP WAS IMPROPERLY REPLACED CAUSING A FUEL VENT FROM THE RIGHT WING. FUEL WAS SIPHONED AT A HIGH RATE AND THE AIRCRAFT LOST ENOUGH FUEL TO CAUSE THE ENGINE TO QUIT WELL BEFORE DESTINATION.

## 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 SEA05LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA187), Sep 4, 2005: Cessna 182E (N2942Y), Toutle, WA, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power as a result of fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to properly secure the fuel caps during his self-servicing and (improperly) preflighting the airplane. A…

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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