# Accident 20080830849429A: Cessna 182A, Elizabethtown, KY, August 30, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2008, 18:57 local time
- Place: Elizabethtown, KY
- Airport: Addington Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6797° N, 85.9403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6797&lon=-85.9403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5927B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5927B) (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 O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 50 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080830849429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 30, 2008, AT 1857 EDT, A CESSNA 182A RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THE ENGINE QUITTING AND LANDING SHORT OF RUNWAY 5 AT EKX, ADDINGTON FIELD, IN ELIZABETHTOWN KY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER VFR CONDITIONS, 14 CFR 91.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD RELEASED THREE PARAJUMPERS OVER THE AIRPORT, DESCENDED AND LEVELED OFF AT 2000 FEET.  HE PUSHED THE THROTTLE IN AND THE RPM STARTED TO RISE AND THE ENGINE QUIT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE CHECKED THE THROTTLE, MIXTURE, AND CARB HEAT AND ATTEMPTED A RESTART BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT AND LANDED IN THE CORNFIELD.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 MIA08LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA180), Aug 30, 2008: Cessna 182A (N5927B), Elizabethtown, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was pressure from the company for the pilot to fly the second load of skydivers without refueling.

## Other reports on N5927B (1)

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

- [Incident 19990425016689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990425016689I), Apr 25, 1999: Cessna 182A (N5927B), Franklin, IN. During climbout from Franklin airport with 4 parachutist (skydivers) on board, the aircraft engine quit at 2300 MSL (1500 AGL) without any warning. The…

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.