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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Klamath Falls, OR · February 13, 2015

Date
February 13, 2015 · 14:53 local
Place
Klamath Falls, OR
Airport
Klamath Falls
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N3833D
Reported as
Cessna 182
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total10 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot in command purchased a CE-182 that had been parked for one year. While flying the CE-182 back to his home airport, the airplane suffered an engine failure due to fuel contamination. The pilot in command successfully made an off field landing with no damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT IN COMMAND PURCHASED A CE-182 THAT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ONE YEAR. WHILE FLYING THE CE-182 BACK TO HIS HOME AIRPORT, THE AIRPLANE SUFFERED AN ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL CONTAMINATION. THE PILOT IN COMMAND SUCCESSFULLY MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.