# Accident 20170906010599A: Cessna 182Q, Fairfield, MT, September 6, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2017, 20:30 local time
- Place: Fairfield, MT
- Airport: Fairfield
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6400° N, 111.9664° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6400&lon=-111.9664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735KQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735KQ-2019-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 576 total, 44 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA529](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA529) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170906010599A

## Narrative

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

ON 9/6/17 AT 2030, N735KQ, A CESSNA 182Q, CRASHED 3/4 OF A MILE FROM FAIRFIELD, MT (5U5) AIRPORT AFTER RUNNING OUT OF FUEL.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ARLINGTON, WA (AWO) ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN BOUND FOR GLACIER PARK INT'L (GPI). GPI WAS IMC SO THE PILOT DECIDED TO PROCEED TO GREAT FALLS, MT (GTF).  HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH SLC CENTER WHEN HE REPORTED HE WAS LOW ON FUEL AND WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE GTF.  HE WAS ON THE APPROACH TO FAIRFIELD WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS TO HIGH AND EXECUTED A GO AROUND. HE LOST SIGHT OF THE AIRPORT AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 GAA17CA529](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA529), Sep 7, 2017: Cessna 182 (N735KQ), Fairfield, MT, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to secure the right fuel cap during the preflight inspection, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and an off-airport hard 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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