# Accident 20130316009019A: Cessna R182, Baytown, TX, March 16, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2013, 21:59 local time
- Place: Baytown, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7355° N, 94.9774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baytown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7355&lon=-94.9774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6398S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6398S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200-A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 210 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130316009019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT FULL THROTTLE WAS USED WITH NO ATTEMPT TO LEAN THE MIXTURE. FUEL BURN OF APPROXIMATELY 7.4 GALLONS PER HOUR FOR A 3.3 HOUR FLIGHT RESULTED WITH ENGINE (AS REPORTED) GOING SILENT AND STOPPING PRODUCING POWER.

WITH A USEABLE FUEL OF 22.5 GALLONS AND A FUEL CAPACITY OF 26 GALLONS AND AN INCREASED HEADWIND AS STATED BY THE PILOT, SHE CONSIDERED AN ENROUTE STOP. HER DECISION TO CONTINUE WITH THE HIGH FUEL CONSUMPTION RESULTED IN THE REPORTED SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE.

UPON DESCENT AND DURING ATTEMPT TO LAND THE PILOT REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE AND LOSS OF THRUST. REPORTED ATTEMPT RESTART WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. INITIAL IMPACT OF THE LEFT WING WITH A TREE AND SUBSEQUENT RIGHT IMPACT WITH A TREE RESULTED IN VERTICAL DESCENT.  THE TAIL THEN ABSORBED  THE IMPACT.  FORWARD MOMENT OF IMPACT WAS MINIMAL WHICH ATTRIBUTED THIS ACCIDENT AS SURVIVABLE. HOWEVER THE USE OF SHOULDER HARNESS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO SAVING THE LIFE OF THE PILOT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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