- Date
- December 31, 1992, 17:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- New Ellenton, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2201GCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921231052589A
- Case key
- 8717
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning and preparation by the pilot, by not assuring an adequate supply of fuel, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Factors were trees in the emergency landing area.
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 on the return leg of a cross country flight. He computed his required fuel to be 41 gallons, and stated that he began the trip with 55 gallons, measured with a wooden dipstick supplied with the aircraft. On the return leg, he estimated headwinds to be 15 mph faster than predicted. About 3 miles from the destination airport, the engine lost power, and eventually quit. A force landing was made in a stand of pine trees. Examination of the wreckage revealed 1 quart of fuel in the left tank, and 4.5 gallons in the right tank. There was no evidence of fuel leakage. The engine ran satisfactorily on the airframe after the accident. Aircraft type certificate data specifies up to 10 gallons of fuel is unusable on this model of aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2201G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51501
- Airframe hours
- 5,595
- Engine
- Continental O-470-M, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rodrigues, George C.
- Registered owner
- Raeford Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 23, 1992 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- FAY · Fayetteville, NC
- Airport
- NONE · Sizemore'S Airpark, runway 31, 2,400 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 283 total · 273 in this make and model · 214 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGS, 15 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 N2201G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.