# Incident 20100818041299I: Cessna 182A, Bridgeport, WA, August 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2010, 15:20 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, WA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0070° N, 119.6725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bridgeport, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0070&lon=-119.6725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5983B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5983B) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,227 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 78 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100818041299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED BOZEMAN MONTANA ENROUTE TO PAINE FIELD IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. PILOT STATED AIRCRAFT FUEL GAUGES WERE ERRATIC AND SHOWED NO FUEL, AND ALL NAV/COMM EQUIPMENT FAILURE. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON STATE ROUTE 174 NEAR BRIDGEPORT, WASHINGTON. A MECHANIC WAS DISPATCHED TO INCIDENT SITE WHERE AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS MADE. MECHANIC CLEANED BATTERY CONNECTIONS AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FLOWN TO THE DAVENPORT AIRPORT. MECHANIC FOUND GENERATOR BRUSHES WORN AND REPLACED BRUSHES. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N5983B (1)

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

- [Accident 19731021034759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731021034759A), Oct 21, 1973: Cessna 182A (N5983B), Marseilles, IL, Substantial damage. Came to rest in small lake on airport.

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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