- Date
- November 21, 1990, 02:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blairsville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3506YCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901121051479A
- Case key
- 8298
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion resulting in engine stoppage, and the pilot's failure to obtain fuel earlier in the flight.
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
About four hours into the cross country flight, the pilot reported that the engine was 'cutting out a bit' and that the fuel quantity on the left tank was low. While being vectored to the nearest airport, radar and radio contact was lost. The airplane crashed less than a mile from the airport. Less than one quart of fuel was recovered from the airplane, and there was no evidence of fuel leakage or tank rupture. The pilot made no attempt to obtain additional fuel prior to experiencing the engine problem. A post-accident inspection and engine run revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3506Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254406
- Airframe hours
- 2,053
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoots, Mayme L.
- Registered owner
- Hoots, Mayme L.
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 27, 1990 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- PTK · Pontiac, MI
- Destination
- AHN · Athens, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 46A · Blairsville, runway 7, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CHA, 61 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.
Other investigations on N3506Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.