# Accident 20190610006569A: Cessna 180, Ontario, OR, June 10, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2019, 12:57 local time
- Place: Ontario, OR
- Airport: Ontario International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0194° N, 117.0131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0194&lon=-117.0131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3242D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3242D-2020-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,886 total, 5,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA336) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190610006569A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT DEPARTED MINA, NV WITH THE INTENTION OF LANDING IN ONTARIO, OREGON. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BEGAN A LONG DESCENT FROM 8500' TO THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT LOST ALL ENGINE POWER DURING HIS DESCENT INTO ONTARIO, OREGON. THE PILOT FELT HE WAS HIGH ON HIS APPROACH SO HE DOG-LEGGED LEFT AND BACK TO CENTERLINE. THE PILOT FELT THAT HE WAS NOW TOO LOW TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT UP UNTIL NO MORE LIFT WAS BEING MADE RESULTING IN A STALL WHERE THE PILOT STRUCK FARM EQUIPMENT, THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST IN THE PROPERTY LINE CHAIN LINK FENCE BETWEEN A PRIVATE CITIZENS PROPERTY AND THE ONTARIO, OREGON AIRPORT RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF FUEL LEAKAGE, FUEL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION, ENGINE MALFUNCTION, OR OTHER MALFUNCTION THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO THE PILOT FAILED TO ENSURE THERE WAS ENOUGH FUEL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT.

ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO THE PILOT NOT COMPLYING WITH 14 CFR 91.151(A)(1).

## 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 GAA19CA336](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA336), Jun 10, 2019: Cessna 180 (N3242D), Ontario, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent total loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N3242D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20120130001739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120130001739A), Jan 30, 2012: Cessna 180 (N3242D), Cascade, ID, Substantial damage. Aircraft bounced on landing on centerline of runway 30. Pilot attempted to perform a go-around but did not have the aircraft performance to do so. Aircraft…

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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