- Date
- March 10, 1990, 15:26 local (21:26 UTC)
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N92785Cessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900310014889A
- Case key
- 8217
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain an adequate fuel supply, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and engine stoppage.
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
During the descent for landing, the pilot reported that the engine quit suddenly. The loss of power occurred about four hours into the flight. The airplane was force landed in a field and was substantially damaged. When asked how much fuel he had on board at the time of the power loss, he replied that he did not know, however he had made the same trip previously without refueling. An inspection of the airplane after the accident revealed that there was no evidence of fuel in the fuel system, including both fuel tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92785
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260354
- Airframe hours
- 2,881
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Barwick, Hugh B. Jr.
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 9, 1990 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- ISO · Kinston, NC
- Destination
- TCL · Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport
- TCL · Tuscaloosa
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 920 total · 920 in this make and model · 880 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TCL, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.