# Accident 20130518008309A: Cessna 182C, Fremont, MI, May 18, 2013 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 18, 2013, 14:00 local time - Place: Fremont, MI - Airport: Fremont Municipal - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 43.4394° N, 85.9950° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4394&lon=-85.9950&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9075T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9075T-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: 3,000 total, 2,480 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA286) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130518008309A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. MAY 18, 2013 N9075T, A CESSNA 182C LANDED IN A FIELD NEAR THE FREMONT MICHIGAN AIRPORT, APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME. PILOT, WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT HAD MINOR INJURIES CONSISTING OF SCRATCHES TO HIS NECK AND ARM. I TALKED WITH THE PILOT, I ASKED HIM TO TAKE ME THRU HIS FLIGHT ACTIVITIES. HE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN ON A PRIOR FLIGHT, AND WAS PREPARING TO TAKE UP ANOTHER LOAD OF PARACHUTE JUMPERS. HE STATED TO ME THAT HE DIPPED THE TANKS AND THAT HE HAD 15 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. I INQUIRED WITH HIM WHY HE DIPPED THE TANKS, HE RESPONDED SO THAT HE KNEW HOW MUCH FUEL WAS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT. I ASKED HIM IF THE FUEL QUANTITY GAUGES WORKED. HE SAID YOU KNOW CESSNA GAUGES THEY ARE NOT RELIABLE, I AGAIN ASKED HIM IF THE GAUGES WORKED HE SAID YES. HE THEN WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE TOOK OFF CLIMBED UP TO 10500 WHERE THE JUMPERS LEFT THE AIRCRAFT. I ASKED HIM WHAT THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF TIME IS FROM TAKE- OFF TO LANDING FOR A JUMP FLIGHT, HE RESPONDED ABOUT 25 MINUTES. HE CONTINUED ON THAT HE WAS ON LEFT DOWNWIND FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 09, HE SAID THAT HE NOTICED THAT HE WAS LOSING POWER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WENT TO TURN TO 09, AND NOTICED THAT A HELICOPTER WAS ON FINAL FOR 09 AT HIS 11 O?CLOCK. I ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DID YOU DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT. MAY 20, 2013 I TRAVELED TO FREMONT MICHIGAN ARRIVING APPROXIMATELY 0900 LOCAL TIME. I DOCUMENTED THE SCENE WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, TAKING PICTURES OF THE EXTERNAL, AND INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT NOTING THE POSITION OF CONTROLS AND SWITCHES. DOCUMENTED DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WHERE IT CAME TO REST, THE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF THE FOLLOWING: ? ENGINE COWLING DAMAGED ? EXPOSED PROPELLER BLADE DID NOT EXHIBIT ANY CURL ? NOSE GEAR STRUT MOUNTING TO FIREWALL SHEARED OFF ?NOSE GEAR STEERING RODS BROKEN FROM COLLAR ? FUSELAGE SKIN AT FIREWALL BACK APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT TORN ? LEFT WING OUTBOARD END APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET IN FROM THE TIP DAMAGED ? LEFT WING SKIN ON BOTTOM EXHIBITS STRESS WRINKLES ? LEFT WING SKIN AT ROOT BULGED UP, REAR SPAR MOUNT BROKEN ? FUSELAGE LAP JOINT AFT OF BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT RIVETS POPPED ? FUSELAGE SKIN EXHIBIT STRESS WRINKLES IN VARIOUS PLACES ? RUDDER TIP FAIRING DAMAGED ? RIGHT WING SKIN ON BOTTOM EXHIBITS STRESS WRINKLES AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS, DOCUMENTED THE PROCESS OF FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT BACK OVER ON TO ITS MAIN WHEELS. AREA AROUND PROP WAS DUG UP AND THE PROP WAS MOVED TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION, PROP BLADE THAT WAS IN THE GROUND DID NOT EXHIBIT ANY CURL. AFTER FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WAS PLACED ON A TRAILER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A LEVELED CONDITION, DRAINED FUEL FROM THE WING TANKS, APPROXIMATELY 2.5 GALLONS REMOVED FROM RIGHT WING, 1.0 GALLON FROM THE LEFT WING, AND APPROXIMATELY A PINT FROM THE STRAINER. REMOVED ENGINE COWLING, THREE OUT OF FOUR ENGINE MOUNT LEGS BROKEN, SPARK PLUG LEADS REMOVED, PULLED PROP THRU, COUNTED SIX IDENTIFIABLE COMPRESSION STROKES, NOTED THAT IMPULSE COUPLING WAS ENGAGING AND RELEASING WITH IGNITION SPARK FROM LEAD. CHECKED CONTINUITY OF ENGINE CONTROLS, ALL CONTROLS INTACT AND WORK AS DESIGNED. ## 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 CEN13LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA286), May 18, 2013: Cessna 182C (N9075T), Fremont, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion while in the traffic pattern. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.