# Accident 20090731048899A: Cessna 182A, Watertown, SD, July 31, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2009, 10:15 local time
- Place: Watertown, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9106° N, 97.1601° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9106&lon=-97.1601&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2131G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2131G-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,143 total, 500 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA519](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA519) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090731048899A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS 3.25 HOURS INTO A 5 HOUR FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT.  HE LANDED IN A FIELD 13 SE OF WATERTOWN, SD.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTATNTIAL DAMAGE TO THE BELLY, FIREWALL, PROP, AND LANDING GREAR.  THE PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE WAS A LARGE BLUE STAIN UNDER THE RIGHT WING, INDICATING A FUEL LEAK.  THE PILOT SAID THE RIGHT FUEL GUAGE INDICATED IT CONTAINED FUEL.

## 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 CEN09CA519](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA519), Jul 31, 2009: Cessna 182A (N2131G), Watertown, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of a fuel tank leak. Contributing to the accident was the reported malfunction of the fuel gauge.

## Other reports on N2131G (1)

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

- [Accident 19930603020959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930603020959A), Jun 3, 1993: Cessna 182A (N2131G), Stratton, CO, Substantial damage. Unforecast weather closed in en route. Landed on a road,ran off side of road and nosed up in mud.

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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