# Accident 20080524837129A: Cessna 182D, Chehalis, WA, May 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2008, 19:59 local time
- Place: Chehalis, WA
- Airport: Chehalis-Centralia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6667° N, 122.9667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6667&lon=-122.9667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8855X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8855X-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,656 total, 1,250 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080524837129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PILOT OF N8855X, ON 05/24/2008 MADE OFF AIRPORT LANDING AFTER A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE OVER OLYMPIA AIRPORT AT 7500 FEET AND DECIDING TO CONTINUE TO CHEHALIS AIRPORT. LEFT FUEL CAP WAS MISSING FROM N8855X AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE HAD TRIED TO PUT FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT AT LYNDEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT BUT THE PUMP WAS NOT FUNCTIONING.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ALSO STATED THAT THE FUEL CAP WAS INSTALLED ON THIS AIRCRAFT AFTER FUELING. THE LYNDEN POLICE RECOVERED THE FUEL CAP 61 FEET FROM THE FUEL PUMPS AT THE LYNDEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. NO FUEL WAS RECOVERED FROM THE LEFT WING. THE RIGHT WING HAD ABOUT 2 QUARTS OF FUEL RECOVERED.

## 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 SEA08LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA139), May 25, 2008: Cessna 182D (N8855X), Chehalis, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion caused by a missing fuel tank cap that allowed the fuel to be siphoned out. Also causal was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection at the last…

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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