# Incident 20120804016399I: Cessna 182C, Crete, NE, August 4, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2012, 15:35 local time
- Place: Crete, NE
- Airport: Crete Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6184° N, 96.9257° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRETE MUNI (CEK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6184&lon=-96.9257&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8621T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8621T-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 269 total, 20 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120804016399I

## Narrative

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

TCH-R90 OMAHA TRACON REPORTED AN INITIAL CALL FROM THE AIRCRAFT TO LINCOLN APPROACH AT 2002Z.  PILOT RELEASED JUMPERS AT AN UNKNOWN TIME AND BEGAN HIS DECENT.  AT 2021Z, OMAHA TRACON ADVISED AIRCRAFT TO CHANGE TO ADVISORY FREQUENCY.  OMAHA TRACON REPORTED A FINAL RADAR HIT AT APPROXIMATELY 2026Z.  A CRETE AVIATION EMPLOYEE REPORTED HEARING THE AIRCRAFT MAKE A 4-MILE FINAL CALL AT APPROXIMATELY 2030Z.  THE EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED OUTSIDE TO AWAIT THE AIRCRAFTS ARRIVAL.  EMPLOYEE REPORTED OBSERVING A LOW FLYING AIRCRAFT APPROACHING RUNWAY 35 FROM THE SOUTHWEST DESCEND OUT OF SIGHT.  DURING THE DESCENT, THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A POPPING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE JUST PRIOR TO LOSING POWER.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE CRETE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  A CHECK OF FUEL LEVELS SHOWED APPROXIMATELY 7.5 GALLONS IN THE LEFT TANK AND 3 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT TANK.  PER THE PILOTS, OPERATING HANDBOOK MINIMUM UNUSABLE FUEL FOR ALL FLIGHT CONDITIONS IS 5 GALLONS IN EACH TANK.

## Other reports on N8621T (1)

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

- [Incident 20000806021329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000806021329I), Aug 6, 2000: Cessna 182C (N8621T), Crete, NE, 1 fatal. (-23) See attachment

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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