- Date
- March 11, 1985, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Laurel, MD
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52581Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850311006509A
- Case key
- 11129
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Analysis
While on a return flight from morrisville,VT the acft lost pwr and the PIC elected to land in a cul-de-sac im a residential neighborhood. Investigation revealed that the acft contained less than 1 gallon of fuel. Both plts had dptd pxt 4 days prior and stopped enroute to pick up their wives. Five gallons of fuel had been drained prior to departure to insure the proper wt and balance. After arriving at mvl the pilots read the guages and calculated fuel comsumption and elected to add 40 gallons of fuel. They never physically checked the amount of fuel in the tanks bfr departing mvl. Fuel exhaustion occurred abt 3 hrs ltr fuel guages were on empty well bfr that time,plt could have landed bfr exhausting the fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52581
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262687
- Airframe hours
- 2,507
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael Stortz
- Registered owner
- Patuxent Navy Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 15, 1985 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- MVL · Morrisville, VT
- Destination
- CGS · College Park, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Private, Military
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 470 total · 23 in this make and model · 253 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 10 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 N52581 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.