# Accident 20051224031669A: Cessna 182H, Haines City, FL, December 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2005, 10:20 local time
- Place: Haines City, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.1317° N, 81.6606° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1317&lon=-81.6606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8304S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8304S-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051224031669A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ENROUTE TO LAKE WALES, FLORIDA FROM RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA VFR. TOPPED AIRCRAFT OFF AT RAEFORD, NORTH CAROLINA WITH 45 GALLONS OF FUEL PRIOR TO DEPARTING. AT 10:30 PM LOCAL TIME AIRCRAFT WAS IN DESCENT (5500 FT) TO LAND AT LAKE WALES. ENGINE QUIT AND RESTARTED IT TWICE BEFORE FINALLY SHUTTING DOWN. PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN AN ORANGE GROVE 1 MILE WEST OF HIGHWAY 27, 14 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE WALES AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED 200 FT BEFORE NOSE GEAR CAME OFF FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER. NO FUEL WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM THE WINGS. NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE OCCURRED AND PILOT OF AIRCRAFT EXITED WRECKAGE WITH NO INJURIES. EVIDENCE OF EXCESSIVE FUEL LEAKAGE FROM RIGHT WING TANK CAP.

## 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 MIA06CA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA034), Dec 24, 2005: Cessna 182 (N8304S), Haines City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight planning/preparation, and operation of equipment with known deficiencies, a right wing fuel cap leak, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N8304S (3)

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

- [Accident 20040608033239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040608033239A), Jun 8, 2004: Cessna 182H (N8304S), Labelle, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On June 8, 2004 at 1030, a Cessna 182H, N8304S, registered to fayard enterprises, inc., operated by skydive sw Florida, incurred substantial damage to…
- [Incident 19950618016969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950618016969I), Jun 18, 1995: Cessna 182H (N8304S), Detail, NM, Minor damage. Narrative: on 6/15/95 at 11:02 MDT, a Cessna 182H, registered to james b. hall, POB 470, datil, NM, struck a prairie dog burrow while landing at the owner's…
- [Accident 19790701014799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790701014799A), Jul 1, 1979: Cessna 182 (N8304S), Roswell, NM, Substantial damage. Student plt made hard landing, bounced applied power then closed throttle nost high stalled, hit 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.