# Accident 20180711010859A: Cessna 182B, Lincoln, IL, July 11, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2018, 14:37 local time
- Place: Lincoln, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1956° N, 89.3042° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1956&lon=-89.3042&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2394G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2394G-2021-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 694 total, 30 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA421) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180711010859A

## Narrative

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

ON 07/11/18 THE PILOT OF REGISTERED AIRCRAFT N2394G A CESSNA 182B EXPERIENCED ENGINE ROUGHNESS AT 11,600 FT, WHILE PERFORMING COMMERCIAL AERIAL SURVEY WORK JUST SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMINGTON ILLINOIS. THE PILOT REPORTED HE WAS HEADING FOR LOGAN COUNTY AIRPORT (AAA) TO REFUEL AND CHANGE OUT BATTERIES FROM THE EXTERNALY MOUNTED CAMERA USED FOR HIS SURVEY PROJECT. DURING THIS TIME THE PILOT WAS COMMUNICATING WITH CHICAGO CENTER ON FLIGHT FOLLOWING. HE WAS HANDED OFF TO PEORIA APPROACH WHILE STARTING HIS DESCENT TO AAA. DURING DESCENT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED NO THROTTLE RESPONSE AND APPLIED CARBURATOR HEAT, WHILE SIMUTANIOUSLY REPORTING HIS SITUATION TO PIA APPROACH. AT SOME POINT THE PILOT REGAINED ENGINE POWER BRIEFLY. PEORIA APPROACHED ASKED THE PILOT IF HE WOULD LIKE TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY AND THE RESPONSE FROM THE PILOT WAS "NO NOT AT THIS TIME."  CONTINUING ON FLIGHT PATH TO LOGAN COUNTY AIRPORT (AAA) AT 2000FT ENGINE POWER WAS LOST ENTIRELY. THE  PILOT REPORTED TO PIA APPROACH THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE LOGAN COUNTY AIRPORT AND INSTEAD HE WAS GOING TO LAND ON THE INTERSTATE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A VEHICLE DRIVING ON THE ROAD WITH THE LEFT MAIN TIRE AND GEAR ASSEMBLY. CONSEQUENTLY, THE LANDING GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF THE AIRFRAME BY IMPACT AND PILOT LANDED WITH ONE WHEEL ON THE PAVEMENT. FORTUNATELY, NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE VEHICLES OCCUPANTS OR AIRCRAFT OCCUPANTS. THE PLANE CAME TO REST ON THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE IL-55. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTUALLY DAMAGED WITH MISSING FIXED GEAR ASSEMBLY, BENT WING STRUT AND LEFT REAR HORIZONTAL STABILIZER/ELEVATOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED BY TOW TRUCK TO OWNERS HANGER AT LOGAN COUNTY AIRPORT (AAA) AND INSPECTED BY BOTH FAA AIRWORTHINESS AND OPERATIONS INSPECTORS.

## 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 GAA18CA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA421), Jul 11, 2018: Cessna 182 (N2394G), Lincoln, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power.

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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