# Accident 20110730014339A: Cessna 182, Dandridge, TN, July 30, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2011, 12:20 local time
- Place: Dandridge, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0089° N, 83.5231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0089&lon=-83.5231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5813B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5813B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11CA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA430) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110730014339A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING  PARACHUTE OPERATIONS FROM 86TN. HE HAD MADE SEVERAL FLIGHTS DURING THE DAY.  HE THOUGHT HE COULD GET ONE MORE FLIGHT IN WITHOUT REFUELING. HE TOOK TWO JUMPERS TO 11,500 MSL. HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH KNOXVILLE APPROACH CONTROL ON 118.0. HE REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH THEM UNTIL 3000 MSL.THE PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE SPUTTERING, THEN QUIT. HE TRIED TO USE THE THROTTLE AND PRIMER TO PUMP FUEL TO THE ENGINE. NEITHER WORKED. HE WAS ABOVE A RIDGE LINE AND SELECTED A SMALL 1000 FOOT LONG FIELD.  HE LANDED IN THE LAST HALF AND HAD A 200 FOOT LANDING ROLL, BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED AND COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT TAIL OVER NOSE AND CAME TO REST ON THE TOP SURFACE OF THE AIRCRAFT.THE COLLAPSE PREVENTED THE AIRCRAFT FROM ENTERING A LINE OF LARGE HARDWOOD TREES AT THE END OF THE FIELD.  THE DOORS WERE OPERATIVE, AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXIT.THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED ON A 270 DEGREE HEADING TO 86TN AT 1 NM.THE PILOT NOTIFED THE ATL OPERATIONS CENTER.THE ATL OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED INSPECTOR ALLEN OF THE ACCIDENT AT 1300 EDT.  INSPECTOR ALLEN SPOKE WITH THE PILOT BY PHONE, AND HE STATED THAT THE CAUSE WAS FUEL STARVATION. THIS IS A VIOLATION OF 14CFR91.151.INSPECTOR ALLEN ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AT 1800 HOURS EDT AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE SCENE AND INTERVIEWED THE PILOT.  THE PILOT IS THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND A A&P MECHANIC WITH AN INSPECTOR AUTHORIZATION.  HE GAVE THE CURRENT AIRFRAME, PROPELLER AND ENGINE LOGBOOKS TO INSPECTOR ALLEN.THE AIRCRAFT WAS UPSIDE DOWN, SO NO FUEL INSPECTION COULD BE MADE.  ARRANGEMENTS TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE MADE BY THE OWNER/PILOT AT A LATER TIME.

## 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 ERA11CA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11CA430), Jul 30, 2011: Cessna 182 (N5813B), Dandrige, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of poor planning.

## Other reports on N5813B (2)

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

- [Incident 19830609036279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830609036279I), Jun 9, 1983: Cessna 182 (N5813B), Zephyrhills, FL, 1 fatal. Jumper killed while making a parachute jump. Speculate jumper mismanaged main and reserve parachutes.
- [Accident 19740906029439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740906029439A), Sep 6, 1974: Cessna 182 (N5813B), Cottonwood, AZ, Substantial damage. Plt propped acft,non-plt pax abd. Acft not secured. Hit Aerostar N7483S,substl dmg.

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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