- Date
- July 2, 1992, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kennesaw, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5544BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920702023689A
- Case key
- 8627
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
The inadequate preflight planning by the pilot which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. A factor was the soft terrain at the forced landing site.
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 private pilot was about 4 hours into the cross country flight when the engine sputtered, then quit. Unable to glide to his destination airport, he force landed the airplane in an adjacent field. On the landing roll, the nose gear fractured, and the aircraft nosed down. The pilot stated that he had exhausted his fuel supply. He reportedly began the flight with 4 hours of fuel plus a 45 minute reserve, however there was only 1 to 2 quarts of fuel remaining in each wing tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5544B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33544
- Airframe hours
- 2,876
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Williams, Robert E.
- Registered owner
- Williams, Robert E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 5, 1991 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- GIF · Winter Haven, FL
- Destination
- RYY · Kennesaw, GA
- Airport
- RYY · Cobb County
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 24 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.