- Date
- April 18, 1992, 16:00 local (Apr 19, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tolovana, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3405RCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19920418010609A
- Case key
- 5716
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to use all of the available runway (landing area on the road) for the precautionary landing. Contributing to the accident were the precautionary landing, the pilot's inadequate pre flight and in flight planning/preparation, and the road sign.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that after about two hours of flight he noticed that his fuel quantity was too low for him to make it to his destination. He made a precautionary landing on a road where he had seen other airplanes land in the past. During the landing roll the right wing hit a road sign.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3405R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258705
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kelly, Lorenzo J.
- Registered owner
- Kelly, Lorenzo J.
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- Z60 · Ambler, AK
- Destination
- 95Z · North Pole, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 78
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.