- Date
- July 17, 1987, 12:28 local (16:28 UTC)
- Place
- Clio, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8576TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870717079119A
- Case key
- 13796
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated he departed with 55 gals of fuel. After 3.5 hrs of level flt at 7500 ft MSL he declared fuel exhaustion to the FAA flint twr. He was 3-4 miles frm a suitable arpt but was too low on final to reach the rwy. He landed on a road and struck a pole with the rt wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8576T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52476
- Airframe hours
- 1,918
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald Smith
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 21, 1987
- Departed
- Perry, MI
- Airport
- Cagney
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 267 in this make and model · 251 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNT, 12 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.