# Accident 20110627013339A: Cessna 182Q, Holly Springs, MS, June 27, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2011, 15:30 local time
- Place: Holly Springs, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7933° N, 89.5083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7933&lon=-89.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759ZS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759ZS-2011-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470F SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,662 total, 186 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA370) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110627013339A

## Narrative

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

ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MAINTENANCE AT JOHN JEWELL AIRCRAFT, INC. BASED AT M41 ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.  MAINTENANCE INCLUDED THE INSTALLATION OF A BRS AIRCRAFT PARACHUTE.  AIRCRAFT WAS "TOPPED OFF" WITH FUEL BY PERSONNEL AT JOHN JEWELL AND PARKED WITH THE FUEL SELECTOR PLACED IN THE OFF POSITION TO PREVENT THE FUEL FROM VENTING OVERBOARD.  MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE FUEL HAD BEEN TURNED OFF WHILE THEY WERE GOING OVER THE MAINTENANCE THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND THE OPERATION OF THE BRS SYSTEM.  IN STATEMENT PROVIDED TO NTSB THE PILOT STATED THAT HE UTILIZED AN ELECTRONIC CHECKLIST ON HIS GARMIN 530 FOR PREFLIGHT AND RUN-UP CHECKS.  PILOT STATED THAT HE TOUCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR AND NOTED THAT IT WAS POINTED FRONT TO REAR AND AS HE EXPECTED.  PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT VISUALLY VERIFY THE POSITION OF THE FUEL SELECTOR AND THAT HE NEVER MOVED IT FROM THE POSITION IT WAS LEFT FROM MAINTENANCE.  PILOT THEN DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AND MADE A LEFT TURN ON COURSE.  AIRCRAFT REACHED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET AGL WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT.  PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE NOSE IMMEDIATELY AND THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY STALLED.  PILOT STATED THAT WITH NO CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT HE PULLED THE HANDLE ON THE BALLISTIC PARACHUTE AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT FROM A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE TO A HORIZONTAL ATTITUDE AND STRUCK THE GROUND SECONDS LATER.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES AND LANDED HARD IN A WOODED AREA.

## 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 ERA11LA370](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA370), Jun 27, 2011: Cessna 182Q (N759ZS), Holly Springs, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's incorrect positioning of the fuel tank selector before takeoff, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel starvation during takeoff initial climb.

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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