# Accident 20140601008979A: Cessna 182K, Galena, AK, June 1, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2014, 13:15 local time
- Place: Galena, AK
- Airport: Galena
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.7398° N, 156.8509° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7398&lon=-156.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2631R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2631R-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 73 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140601008979A

## Narrative

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

PTRS #201402030

NTSB #ANC 14 L A 034

WHILE CRUISING AT 1500' MSL THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, LOSE POWER, AND SUBSEQUENTLY QUIT.  PRIOR TO COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE ROUGHNESS WAS DESCRIBED AS THE ENGINE REVING UP AND DOWN, SPUTTERING, AND CUTTING IN AND OUT.

EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE ALONG A LAKE SHORE.

AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING AND WAS PARTIALLY SUBMERGED.

MINOR INJURIES INITIALLY REPORTED, INCLUDING THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER.  THE ONE PASSENGER DID SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AT FAIRBANKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE OTHER TWO PASSENGERS CLAIMED INJURIES AT A LATER DATE.

FUEL EXHAUSTION SUSPECTED AS BOTH FUEL GAUGES DESCRIBED AS READING EMPTY BY PILOT AND PASSENGERS WITH LITTLE OR NO FLUCTUATION OF FUEL GAUGE NEEDLES WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT.

THIS WAS IN CONFLICT WITH ELECTRONIC TOTALIZER INDICATING 22.8 GALLONS REMAINING.  FUEL TOTALIZER WAS SET INCORRECTLY WITH 82 GALLONS USABLE, AIRCRAFT ONLY HOLDS 79 GALLONS USEABLE.  THIS DISCREPANCY HOWEVER WOULD NOT HAVE RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION.

UPON EXAMINATION OF FUEL TANKS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AT LEAST EIGHT FUEL TANK BLADDER RETTENTION BUTTONS (5 IN LEFT WING, 3 ON THE RIGHT) WERE NOT CONNECTED.  THIS CONDITION COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT, OR POST CRASH MOVEMENT.  IF, HOWEVER THESE RETENTION BUTTONS WERE NOT IN PLACE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED FOR THIS FLIGHT A FALSE FULL FUEL INDICATION MAY HAVE RESULTED.

ON 01/16/2014 CHENA MARINA AIR SERVICE DISCOVERED 6 FUEL BLADDER FUEL SNAPS ON ONE SIDE AND ONE ON ANTOHER HAD COME UNSNAPPED.  THEY REPAIRED THE SNAPS PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THE OWNER, WHO AFTER THESE REPAIRS, LEASED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE YUKON RIVER TRIBAL COUNCIL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN 72.3 HOURS BETWEEN THE REPAIR TIME AND TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

AN ESTIMATED 8.8 TO 11.7 GALLONS OF FUEL SHOULD HAVE REMAINED IN THE TANKS WHICH WOULD HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS TO COMPLETE THE PLANNED FLIGHT.  UNSECURED BLADDER RETENTION BUTTONS COULD ACCOUNT FOR THIS FUEL SHORTAGE.

## 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 ANC14LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14LA034), Jun 1, 2014: Cessna 182K (N2631R), Galena, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, which necessitated a forced landing on unsuitable terrain, during which the airplane flipped over and became partially submerged in water.

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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