# NTSB CHI84LA367: Cessna 182G, N2124R, Crawfordsville, IN, August 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 27, 1984, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place: Crawfordsville, IN
- Coordinates: 40.039184, -86.889709 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0392&lon=-86.8897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA367
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12756/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA367

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - aircraft preflight - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - electrical system - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid - exhaustion
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop

## Analysis

PLT STATED THAT WHILE EN ROUTE THE GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND ATTEMPTS TO RESET IT PROVED FUTILE. A LOSS OF PWR OCCURRED LATER IN THE FLT AND A FORCED LANDIG WAS MADE IN A FIELD DURING WHICH THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE ACFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. PLT STATED HE FORGOT TO REFUEL THE ACFT BEFORE DEPARTING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2124R](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2124R), registered now, S/N 18255324, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18255324
- Airframe hours: 3575
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James A. Southerland, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 14, 1983, 125 hours before
- Departed: 1H2, EFFINGHAM, IL
- Destination: AID, ANDERSON, IN
- Airport: CFJ, Crawfordsville

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 465 total, 175 in this make and model, 459 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 12 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAF, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840827048589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840827048589A), Aug 27, 1984: Cessna 182G, Crawfordsville, IN, Substantial damage. Fuel exhaustion. Landed in soybean field. Pilot forgot to refuel during previous stop.

## Other investigations on N2124R (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI75FEE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI75FEE30), Nov 14, 1974: Cessna 182 (N2124R), Chicago, IL, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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