# Accident 20130921018179A: Cessna 182E, Middletown Spri, VT, September 21, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2013, 08:41 local time
- Place: Middletown Spri, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7981° N, 73.2147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7981&lon=-73.2147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3152Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3152Y-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,654 total, 2,852 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13CA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA427) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130921018179A

## Narrative

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

PER PILOT'S STATEMENT, PILOT DID NOT CORRECTLY CALCULATE FUEL CONSUMPTION RATE WHILE ENCOUNTERING HEAD WINDS, RAN OUT OF FUEL, CRASHED IN MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS, VT..  PER PILOT'S STATEMENT, PILOT DID NOT OBTAIN A FULL WEATHER BRIEFING ON MORNING OF 9/21/2013 WHICH WOULD HAVE INFORMED PILOT THAT DESTINATION AIRPORT GLEN FALLS AIRPORT N.Y. WAS CLOSED.  UPON DISCOVERY THAT GLEN FALLS AIRPORT WAS CLOSED PILOT ATTEMPTED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO LAND AT RUTLAND, VT.

## 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 ERA13CA427](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13CA427), Sep 21, 2013: Cessna 182E (N3152Y), Middletown Springs, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N3152Y (1)

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

- [Incident 20120229004999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120229004999I), Feb 29, 2012: Cessna 182E (N3152Y), Joshua Tree Nat, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft ran out of fuel. Made emergency landing.

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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