# Accident 20240604007919A: Cessna 182, Gypsum, CO, June 4, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2024, 20:12 local time
- Place: Gypsum, CO
- Airport: Eagle County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6890° N, 106.9288° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6890&lon=-106.9288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5755B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5755B-2024-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 458 total, 24 in this make and model, 171 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240604007919A

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 04, 2024, AN INSTRUMENT INSTRUCTION FLIGHT TOOK PLACE FROM KEGE-SBS-CAG-HDN-EGE. THE FLIGHT RESULTED IN A FORCED LANDING APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MILES SHORT OF ITS DESTINATION OF KEGE.

AS THE PILOTS WERE PREPARING FOR THE TRAINING FLIGHT A FUEL REQUEST WAS MADE TO TOP OFF THE FUEL TANKS FOR THE FLIGHT. DURING THE PREFLIGHT THE PILOTS CHECKED THE ONBOARD FUEL TANKS AND OBSERVED THEM TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 1/2 TO 3/4 OF A TANK. THERE WAS AN ASSUMPTION THAT THE FUEL GAGES WERE FAULTY FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND ASSUMED THE TANKS WERE FULL. THE PLANNED FLIGHT WAS FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS WITH A THIRTY MINUTE RESERVE. NEITHER OF THE PILOTS VISUALLY CONFIRMED THE FUEL QUANTITY. DURING THE AIRCRAFT RUN-UP THE PILOTS INPUT FULL FUEL INTO THE ELECTRONIC FUEL GAGE.

THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT WAS FOLLOWED AS PLANNED. ON THEIR WAY BACK TO KEGE AT APPROXIMATELY 11,000' AND 15 MILES NORTH OF THEIR DESTINATION THEY EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN ENGINE RPM AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE. THE PILOT'S RESPONSE WAS TO TURN ON CARB HEAT ASSUMING CARBURETOR ICING. THE ENGINE RPM RECOVERED BRIEFLY THEN CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOTS INITIATED THE POWER LOSS IN FLIGHT CHECKLIST AND PREPARED FOR A FORCED LANDING. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE GROUND THE PILOTS WERE ABLE TO EGRESS THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 CEN24LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA210), Jun 5, 2024: Cessna 182 (N5755B), Gypsum, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the flight instructor and the pilot to visually confirm the airplane’s fuel quantity during preflight, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and an…

## Other reports on N5755B (1)

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

- [Incident 19810805054369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810805054369I), Aug 5, 1981: Cessna 182 (N5755B), Foyil, OK, 1 fatal. Parachutist struck ground after chute had streamer. Failed to deploy reserve chute.

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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