# Accident 20070316003119A: Cessna 182, Diamond Lake, OR, March 16, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2007, 10:45 local time
- Place: Diamond Lake, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0875° N, 122.4689° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0875&lon=-122.4689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6462A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6462A-2010-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 714 total, 492 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070316003119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT RECEIVED COMMUNICATION OF SIBLING SUFFERING MEDICAL EMERGENCY AT EUGENE MEDICAL CENTER, EUGENE, OR. HE DECIDED TO UTILIZE HIS AIRCRAFT, N6462A, TO TRAVEL FROM DOMICILE (KLAMATH FALLS, OR) TO EUGENE. HE PROVIDES THAT HE INTENDED TO PERSONALLY FUEL N6462A PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, BUT MENTAL DISTRACTIONS CAUSED HIM TO OVERLOOK THE FUELING TASK. HE DEPARTED APPROXIMATELY 2130 LCL AND CLIMBED TO 12,500 FT. MSL. HE THEN NOTIFIED THAT FUEL WAS DEPLETED AND HE OPTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO KLAMATH FALLS, OR. AIRCRAFT DEPLETED FUEL PRIOR TO DESCENT AND PILOT INITIATED A DESCENT INTO AREA SURROUNDING CRATER LAKE, OR. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED MOUNTAIN TERRAIN NORTH OF CRATER LAKE, NEAR DIAMOND LAKE, OR, AT 5000 FOOT ELEVATION AND REPORTED 70 DEGREE ANGLE. PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. PILOT WAS AIRLIFTED TO MEDICAL FACILITIES AND WRECKAGE IS INACCESSIBLE BY GROUND.

## 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 LAX07CA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA111), Mar 17, 2007: Cessna 182 (N6462A), Diamond Lake, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and failure to verify the fuel supply. A factor was the night lighting condition.

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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