# Accident 20240220003459A: Cessna 182P, Marks, MS, February 20, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2024, 13:18 local time
- Place: Marks, MS
- Airport: Selfs
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0000° N, 90.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0000&lon=-90.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14YY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14YY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 431 total, 8 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240220003459A

## Narrative

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

PIC STATEMENT:

TWICE DURING THE FLIGHT I FELT THE AIRPLANE WAS TRACKING TO MUCH TO THE LEFT SO I ADDED A COUPLE OF NOTCHS OF RUDDER TRIM.  THIS DID NOT SEEM TO MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE.  APPROXIMATELY 30 NM FOR KPMU I SWITCHED THE FUEL SELECTOR FROM BOTH TO LEFT AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE I ENCOUNTERED FUEL STARVATION, THEN SWITCHED BACK TO BOTH.  I SWITCHED TO THE LEFT TANK AGAIN 13 NM FROM KPMU, MY INTENDED REFUEL AIRPORT, AND ONCE AGAIN I ENCOUNTERED FUEL STARVATION.  I SWITCHED BACK TO BOTH BECAUSE I KNEW I HAD GOOD FUEL FLOW.  SEEING THAT KPMU WAS 12 MINUTES AWAY, I DECIDED TO DIVERT TO KMMS AS I KNEW I COULD MAKE IT THERE BEFORE RUNNING OUT OF FUEL.

ON MY FIRST ATTEMPT TO LAND, I HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING A STRAIGHT DESCENT TO THE RUNWAY.  WHEN I DID TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY TURNED TO THE LEFT, SO I ADDED POWER FOR A GO-AROUND.  WHILE TRYING TO LINE UP AGAIN ON THE CENTERLINE, ONCE AGAIN I COULD NOT MAINTAIN A NORMAL STRAIGHT IN APPROACH.  I TRIED TO TELL WHAT, IF ANY, RUDDER CONTROL I HAD, AND IT APPEARED I DID NOT HAVE ANY RUDDER CONTROL.  ONCE AGAIN WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO LAND, AS SOON AS THE WHEELS TOUCHED THE RUNWAY THE AIRPLANE TURNED TO THE LEFT AND ONCE AGAIN ADDED POWER TO DO ANOTHER GO-AROUND.  I TRIED EVERYTHING AGAIN FOR A THIRD TIME AND HAD ALL THE SAME RESULTS.  ON THE LAST GO-AROUND, I KNEW I HAD TO PUT THE AIRPLANE DOWN AS I WAS EXPECTING THE ENGINE TO FAIL FROM FUEL STARVATION.  I KNEW I WAS FIGHTING THE AIRPLANE UP UNTIL I LOST MY MEMORY OF WHAT WAS GOING ON.  THE LAST THING I REMEMBER IS JUST GOING OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN24LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA118), Feb 20, 2024: Cessna 182P (N14YY), Charleston, MS, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to attain/maintain aircraft control during an approach for landing that resulted in an impact with 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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