20070417005069A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182B · St Marys, GA · April 17, 2007

Date
April 17, 2007 · 15:00 local
Place
St Marys, GA
Airport
St Marys Airport
Phase of flight
Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2455G
Reported as
Cessna 182B
Reported engine
Continental O470*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
366 total245 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated she turned final and was about 500 feet when the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot checked to ensure the magnetos and the fuel selectors were on the both position, and established a glide. The pilot stated she did not verify the fuel quantity in the fuel gauge. The pilot stated she realized she could not make the airport and the airplane collided with the tops of 60 foot tall trees. The nose of the airplane pitched down and the airplane came to rest in a nose down left wing low attitude. The windshield was broken out and she exited the airplane through the windshield after releasing her seatbelt and shoulder harness.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED SHE TURNED FINAL AND WAS ABOUT 500 FEET WHEN THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT CHECKED TO ENSURE THE MAGNETOS AND THE FUEL SELECTORS WERE ON THE BOTH POSITION, AND ESTABLISHED A GLIDE. THE PILOT STATED SHE DID NOT VERIFY THE FUEL QUANTITY IN THE FUEL GAUGE. THE PILOT STATED SHE REALIZED SHE COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE TOPS OF 60 FOOT TALL TREES. THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE PITCHED DOWN AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN A NOSE DOWN LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE. THE WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN OUT AND SHE EXITED THE AIRPLANE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD AFTER RELEASING HER SEATBELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS.

Other reports on N2455G · 1

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