- Date
- June 13, 1990, 10:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hartford, KY
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4760DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900613019989A
- Case key
- 8246
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel.
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 was in the pattern for landing when his engine lost power. He landed the airplane in trees about 1/4 mile from the airport. Examination of the airplane revealed that the fuel tanks were empty. An alternate fuel source was connected and the engine was successfully test run. The pilot reported that he topped the tanks the evening prior to the flight, but fuel records showed that the airplane was last serviced with fuel one week before the accident. Subsequent investigation revealed that the airplane had not been inspected in over 18 months. The pilot was flying without a current medical certificate, and he could not provide proof of his last biennial flight review.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4760D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34860
- Airframe hours
- 4,300
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bridgeman, George A
- Registered owner
- Morgenson & Dobransky Inc, DBA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 75D · New Martinsvill, WV
- Airport
- 7K4 · Ohio County, runway 21, 2,500 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 325 total · 175 in this make and model · 265 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OWB, 22 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.