# NTSB ATL86FEI09: Cessna 182, N52494, Glen Willow, OH, August 15, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 15, 1986, 08:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place: Glen Willow, OH
- Coordinates: 41.380462, -81.439506 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3805&lon=-81.4395&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6978
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FEI09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6978/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FEI09

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel tank selector position - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING COLLISION WITH SCRUB PINE TREES DURING A FORCED LNDG ON A ROAD AFTER THE ENG QUIT IN FLT. THE PLT SAID HE WAS CRUISING AT 3500 FT WHEN THE ENG BEGAN TO SPUTTER. THE PLT STATED THAT HE CHANGED THE FUEL TANK SELECTOR FROM LEFT TO RIGHT BUT WAS UNABLE TO START THE ENGINE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE ACFTS LEFT FUEL TANK WAS FOUND EMPTY. THE FUEL STRAINER WAS FREE OF WATER. THE RT TANK WAS NOT CHECKED DUE TO WING DAMAGE. LATER DURING REMOVAL OF THE WRECKAGE THE PLT WAS ABLE TO DRAIN 11 GALLONS OF FUEL FROM THE RT TANK. THE PLT STATED THAT PROPER FUEL MANAGEMENT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N52494 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18262645
- Airframe hours: 3198
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R-25 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James E. Dunlap
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 1986, 138 hours before
- Departed: CGF, CLEVELAND, OH
- Destination: CAK, CANTON, OH

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,871 total, 1,720 in this make and model, 1,752 as pilot in command, 141 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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.

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