# Accident 20080504836089A: Cessna 182A, Prescott, AZ, May 4, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2008, 21:02 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7167° N, 112.5833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7167&lon=-112.5833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6320B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6320B-2012-09-06) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 130 total, 40 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080504836089A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  N6320B DEPARTED KMEV FLYING OVER KLAS EN ROUTE TOKPRC.  ENGINE FAILED EIGHT MILES NORTH OF KPRC.  AIRCRAFT WAS AIRBORNE 4.2 HOURS.  DURING NIGHT EMERGENCY LANDING, AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND NOSE LOW.  THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT WAS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE COWLING AND WING TIPS AND BUCKLED THE FUSELAGE.  ENGINE FAILED 2,000 FEET AGL.  PILOT STATED HE VERIFIED POSITION OF FUEL SELECTOR ON BOTH, MIXTURE RICH, PROPELLER FORWARD, MAG SWITCH BOTH, AND THEN THE GROUND CAME UP QUICKLY.

## 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 LAX08LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA127), May 5, 2008: Cessna 182H (N6320B), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power from fuel starvation due to the pilot's mismanagement of the fuel system and failure to select a tank containing fuel.

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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