# Accident 20130509007459A: Cessna 182G, Clewiston, FL, May 9, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2013, 14:30 local time
- Place: Clewiston, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7350° N, 81.0508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7350&lon=-81.0508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2440R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2440R-2018-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA239) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130509007459A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FT AGL AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A COW PASTURE. NOSE LANDING GEAR SEPERATED FROM AIRCRAFT UPON LANDING RESULTING WITH DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME AND PROPELLER.

THERE WAS NO FUEL RECOVERED FROM THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND 7 GALLONS WAS RECOVERED FROM THE LEFT TANK. AIRCRAFT WAS SALVAGED, ENGINE WAS RUN UP AND PRODUCED NORMAL POWER. COMPRESSION CHECK ON ALL CYLINDERS COMPLETED AND ALL CYLINDERS WERE IN 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 ERA13LA239](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA239), May 9, 2013: Cessna 182G (N2440R), Clewiston, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The private pilot’s inadequate preflight planning and fuel management and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

## Other reports on N2440R (1)

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

- [Accident 20151116022599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151116022599A), Nov 16, 2015: Cessna 182G (N2440R), Albuquerque, NM, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On 11/16/2015, at approximately 1255L, a Cessna 182G aircraft, N2440R registered to moore aviation, LLC, impacted terrain approximately one mile west/southwest…

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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