# Accident 20200906016309A: Cessna 182D, Hayden, ID, September 6, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2020, 20:40 local time
- Place: Hayden, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7861° N, 116.7194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7861&lon=-116.7194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8885X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8885X-2021-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 217 total, 180 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20CA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200906016309A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED LIVINGSTON, MT (LVM) ON A PLANNED THREE HOUR FLIGHT TO COEUR D'ALENE, ID (COE).  ABOUT 5-7 MILES FROM COE THE ENGINE QUIT.  THE PILOT INTENDED TO LAND ON  A ROAD BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE ROAD DUE TO DARKNESS.  THE PILOT CRASHED INTO A GROVE OF TREES NEAR THE INTENDED ROAD.  THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 WPR20CA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA299), Sep 7, 2020: Cessna 182 (N8885X), Coeur d'Alene, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate fuel planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and a collision with trees and terrain.

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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