# Accident 20120721014869A: Cessna 182A, Farmingdale, NJ, July 21, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2012, 17:00 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NJ
- Airport: Monmouth Executive Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1869° N, 74.1244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1869&lon=-74.1244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2166G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2166G-2018-01-11) (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/ TEXAS SKYWAYS INC. O-520-U/TS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 456 total, 152 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA470](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA470) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120721014869A

## Narrative

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

ON 7/21/2012, AT APPROXIMATLEY 17:00 EDT A CESSNA CE-182-A, SERIAL NUMBER 51466, N2166G, WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING ACCIDENT WHILE APPROACHING RUNWAY 14 AT KBLM.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S INTERVIEW AND WRITTEN AND SIGNED STATEMENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT ABOUT 100 FEET AGL WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. INITIAL AIRCRAFT IMPACT WAS IN A FIELD IN-LINE WITH RUNWAY 14, THE AIRCRAFT HIT TWO TELEPHONE POLES POSITIONED HORIZONTIALLY AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD WHERE THE FIELD MEETS AN AIRPORT SERVICE ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO KBLM AFTER DEPARTING KBLM ON A LOCAL 14 CFR PART 091 FLIGHT. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO DROP OFF SKYDIVERS FROM APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FEET AGL. VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN THE ACCIDENT. DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR BEING SEPERATED FROM THE FUSELAGE, THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE BEING BENT, TWO OF THE THREE BLADES OF THE PROPELLER WERE BENT AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR IS SHOWING SIGNS OF CRACKING AND BUCKLING AT THE FUSELAGE ATTACH POINT. THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE FIREWALL ALSO SHOWED SIGNS OF DAMAGE. THE PROPELLER DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES WHEN HE HIT THE AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENT PANEL DUE TO A SHOULDER HARNESS NOT BEING INSTALLED IN THIS AIRCRAFT. REGULATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE THE HARNESS TO BE INSTALLED IN THIS VINTAGE AIRCRAFT.  AN EXAMINATION OF BOTH WING FUEL BLADDER TYPE TANKS REVEALED LITTLE TO NO AMOUNT OF FUEL TO BE CONTAINED IN THE TANKS. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT  WING FUEL TANKS WERE NOT RUPTURED IN THIS ACCIDENT.  THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS OBSERVED TO BE IN THE OFF POSITION FOR BOTH TANKS, PER AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT POST ACCIDENT THIS WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIS AIRCRAFT SHUT DOWN PROCEDURE.  A FUEL SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THE GASCOLATOR INDICATED THE FUEL TO BE FREE FROM WATER CONTAMINATION.  THE ENGINE ROTATED FREELY AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF ANY LARGE OIL LEAKS FROM THE ENGINE. THE OIL QUANTITY WAS CHECKED VIA THE ENGINE DIP STICK AND FOUND TO BE WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE.

## 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 ERA12LA470](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA470), Jul 21, 2012: Cessna 182A (N2166G), Farmingdale, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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