# Incident 20240515004929I: Cessna TR182, Yuma, AZ, May 15, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2024, 17:00 local time
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Airport: Yuma
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7253° N, 114.6244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuma, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7253&lon=-114.6244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125LA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N125LA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 148 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240515004929I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED KNYL AT 18:50 WITH A DESTINATION TO KHJO ARRIVING AT 19:10.

PRIOR TO THE PILOT DEPARTING KNJO TO RETURN BACK TO KNYL, THE PILOT UTILIZED THE FOREFLIGHT CHECKLIST, THAT HE HAD CREATED FOR THIS AIRCRAFT, TO CONDUCT THE PREFLIGHT PRIOR TO TAKE-OFF.  PART OF THE PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION INCLUDED VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FUEL LEVELS, INCLUDING THE UTILIZATION OF A FUEL HAWK FUEL GAUGE.  DURING VISUAL INSPECTION OF BOTH FUEL TANKS, PRIOR TO FLIGHT, THE LEFT TANK HAD 26 GALLONS. THE RIGHT TANK HAD 27 GALLONS. THIS GAVE THE PILOT A TOTAL OF 53 GALLONS FOR THE RETURN FLIGHT BACK TO KNYL. THE PILOT CONFIRMED THE DIGITAL FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE INSIDE THE COCKPIT READ APPROXIMATELY 53 GALLONS OF FUEL.  AT APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 6 MILES FROM KNYL AND AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1200 FEET, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. WHILE KEEPING THE AIRCRAFT LEVEL, THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO SPUTTER. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. HE DECIDED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WITH THE YUMA ATCT. AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE WAS INTERMITTENTLY CUTTING OUT. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON A COUNTRY ROAD WHERE HE WAS ABLE TO SAFELY LAND THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR DAMAGES TO PROPERTY OR THE AIRCRAFT.

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