- Date
- July 25, 1987, 06:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place
- Calera, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N737ZZCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870725038679A
- Case key
- 7493
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane collided with trees during a forced ldg attempt. The plt reported that he observed the fuel gauges indicating near empty shortly after departure. As he executed a 'steep' 180 deg turn back toward the arpt, the engine sputtered and 'quit'. During his subsequent attempt to land in a field, the engine restarted and the airplane 'took off' on him into nearby trees. He pulled the power back and deliberately stalled the airplane into the trees. The pilot noted that he did not visually check the fuel quantity during his preflight inspection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737ZZ
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200901
- Airframe hours
- 1,350
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clifford T. Gregg
- Registered owner
- Clifford T. Gregg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 21A · Alabaster, AL
- Destination
- A09 · Marion, AL
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 40 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.