# Accident 20140125000759A: Cessna R182, Mount Morris, IL, January 25, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2014, 14:30 local time
- Place: Mount Morris, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0475° N, 89.4339° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0475&lon=-89.4339&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6359T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6359T-2018-02-28) (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: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140125000759A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT, WAS HIRED TO PERFORM TEST FLIGHTS AND A FERRY FLIGHT OF N6359T, A CESSNA  182R (CE-182R).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN BRADY TEXAS (BBD) GETTING AN OVERHAULED ENGINE.   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMING MORE FUEL THAN EXPECTED ON THE TEST FLIGHTS. HE ESTIMATED THE FUEL CONSUMPTION TO BE APPROXIMATELY 20 GALLONS PER HOUR SINCE IN THE 6 HOURS OF TEST FLIGHTS THE AIRCRAFT CONSUMED 128 GALLONS OF FUEL.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN FILLED WITH 72.1 GALLONS OF FUEL ON JANUARY 6, 2014.   AFTER THE FINAL TEST FLIGHT ON JANUARY 23, 2014, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PUT AN ADDITIONAL 3 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WHICH HE STATED FILLED THE AIRCRAFT FULL OF FUEL.  THE PILOT USED THE PILOT?S OPERATING HANDBOOK (POH) TO DETERMINE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD CONSUME BETWEEN 12 TO 15 GALLONS OF FUEL PER HOUR BETWEEN THE ALTITUDES OF 4000 TO 6000 FOR THE FLIGHT TO JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN (JVL) WITH A FUEL STOP IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI (JLN).

AFTER ARRIVING IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ASKED FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO BE REFUELED WITH 30 GALLONS OF FUEL.  UPON DEPARTING JLN THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NOTICED THE FUEL GAUGES WERE INDICATING THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS  APPROXIMATELY 3/4 FULL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT ABOUT 130 MILES FROM JVL THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED TURBULENCE.  AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE CHANGED HARMONICS, AND THE FUEL GAUGES WERE INDICATING APPROXIMATELY HALF FULL.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO THE INTENDED DESTINATION.  APPROXIMATELY 40 MILES FROM JVL, ENGINE STOPPED AND THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGES WERE INDICATING  EMPTY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INITIALLY PICKED A ROAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING, BUT DECIDED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD AFTER REALIZING THAT THE ROAD HAD AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, LEFT WING AND LEFT STABILIZER IN THE ACCIDENT.  THE PILOT HAD MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TAKEN FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

## 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 CEN14CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA124), Jan 25, 2014: Cessna R182 (N6359T), Mt. Morris, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot's inadequate pre-flight planning and decision-making.

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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