# Accident 20111012026329A: Cessna 182A, Skiatook, OK, October 12, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2011, 18:50 local time
- Place: Skiatook, OK
- Airport: Skiatook Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3697° N, 96.0072° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3697&lon=-96.0072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6171B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6171B-2012-05-15) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 325 total, 35 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111012026329A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS RETURNING TO AIRPORT AFTER DROPPING SKYDIVERS. PILOT STATED ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED. PILOT STATED HE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL.PIC ATTEMPTED TO MAKE LANDING AT LOCAL AIRPORT, 2F6, BUT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT. HE DECIDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE NEAREST OPEN AREA. WHEN PIC TOUCHED DOWN IN THE OPEN FIELD, THE NOSE GEAR DUG IN AND SNAPPED OFF WITHIN APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET OF INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET FROM TOUCHDOWN. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON FUSELAGE FROM SUDDEN STOPPAGE. FUSELAGE HAS SKIN WRINKLING, TEARS IN SKIN AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FROM MAIN LANDING GEAR GOING AFT ON FUSELAGE. FUEL GAGES INDICATED EMPTY. FUEL TANKS WERE SUMPED WITH NO FUEL PRESENT. FUEL TANK FILLER CAPS WERE REMOVED AND CHECKED FOR FUEL QUANTITY PRESENT- NONE SEEN. ACTUAL REMAINING FUEL QUANTITY WAS NOT VERIFIED BY DRAINING RESIDUAL. HOWEVER THIS AIRCRAFT HAS AN UNUSEABLE FUEL LEVEL OF 7 GALS IF NOT IN LEVEL FLIGHT. PILOT WRITTEN STATEMENT DID NOT INCLUDE HIS VERBAL STATEMENT THAT HE HAD RUN OUT OF 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 CEN12CA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA016), Oct 12, 2011: Cessna 182A (N6171B), Skiatook, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s improper fuel management.

## Other reports on N6171B (1)

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

- [Accident 19890714025339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890714025339A), Jul 14, 1989: Cessna 182A (N6171B), Lancaster, NY, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Hit dirt bank and flipped over landing. Water in auto fuel and private storage tank.

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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