# Accident 20091225053639A: Cessna 182P, Ringgold, TX, December 25, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 25, 2009, 09:00 local time
- Place: Ringgold, TX
- Airport: Airport Name
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6011° N, 97.7719° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6011&lon=-97.7719&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21177, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21177-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,212 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091225053639A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 25, 2009, AT 0900 CST, A CESSNA 182P, N21177, OWNED BY HAROLD D. MOORE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD AN ACCIDENT WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT TO ALTUS, OK (KAXS).  AT APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR INTO THE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND FINALLY QUIT DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION.  MR. MOORE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR RINGGOLD, TX.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED (VMC) AND THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THERE WAS 1 PASSENGER PLUS THE PILOT ON BOARD WITH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVING MINOR INJURIES.  THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT, SINGLE ENGINE LAND RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT EDGEWOOD TX, (ITAT), ON DECEMBER 25, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 CST.

## 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 CEN10CA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA081), Dec 25, 2009: Cessna 182P (N21177), Bowie, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's failure to properly secure the right wing fuel cap and monitor the available fuel supply.

## Other reports on N21177 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730131004359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730131004359A), Jan 31, 1973: Cessna 182P (N21177), Indepndence, CA, Substantial damage. Crash lndd on mtn side due severe dwndraft.

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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