# Incident 20260720007889I: Cessna 182B, Elkins, WV, July 20, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2026, 15:24 local time
- Place: Elkins, WV
- Airport: Elkins-Randolph Co-Jennings Ra
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9241° N, 79.8543° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elkins, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9241&lon=-79.8543&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2714G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2714G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,321 total, 127 in this make and model, 214 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260720007889I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 15:19 ON JULY 20/2026, THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION APPROXIMATELY 5 NM EAST OF ELKINS - RANDOLPH COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (KEKN). THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON U.S. HIGHWAY 33. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SIGN WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP. THE PILOT INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT WING FUEL CAP WAS NOT SECURED AND WAS HANGING BY ITS CHAIN LANYARD. THE STAFF FROM (KEKN) BROUGHT 20 GALLONS OF GASOLINE AND PUT IT IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED A GROUND RUN-UP, DEPARTED THE HIGHWAY, AND LANDED AT KEKN.

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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