- Date
- July 1, 1994, 22:40 local (Jul 2, 1994, 03:40 UTC)
- Place
- Garden City, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N901JMCessna 182E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940701019409A
- Case key
- 9585
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Probable cause
fuel exhaustion for reason or reasons undetermined. A factor was the rough/uneven terrain.
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 pilot stated that he departed lawrence, Kansas, at 1950 central daylight time with the intended destination of lamar, Colorado. En route he elected to land at Garden City, Kansas, to refuel. While attempting to land at Garden City, the airplane suffered a total loss of engine power at approximately 2235, according to the pilot. The pilot performed a forced landing in a crop field, where on landing the airplane impacted the rough/uneven terrain. Subsequent examination of the airplane revealed only unusable fuel remaining in the tanks.
Factual narrative
On July 1, 1994, at 2240 central daylight time, a Cessna 182E, N901JM, registered to Larry G. Howes of Superior, Colorado, and piloted by a commercial pilot, impacted the terrain while attempting to land at Garden City Municipal Airport, Garden City, Kansas. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and an instrument flight plan was filed. The personal flight was operated under 14 CFR part 91. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported minor injuries. The flight originated from Lawrence, Kansas, at approximately 1950, with the intended destination of Lamar, Colorado.
En route to Lamar County the pilot-in-command decided to stop at Garden City Municipal Airport to refuel. According to the pilot's statement the engine quit at approximately 2235. He stated that he attempted to restart the engine, but was unable to do so. He decided to land in a furrowed wheat field approximately four miles northeast of Garden City Municipal Airport. During the landing the airplane impacted rough terrain.
A subsequent examination of the airplane revealed only unusable fuel remaining in the tank. There were no leaks in the fuel system observed at the scene of the accident.
The pilot supplied fuel receipts indicating fuel purchased en route. He was unable to speculate as to why the airplane suffered fuel exhaustion. He said that the loss of engine power came as a surprise to him. He stated the stop for fuel was being made, not because he felt an immediate need for fuel, but that he would be unable to obtain fuel on arrival at his final destination due to the late hour.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N901JM
- Reported as
- Cessna 182E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253901
- Airframe hours
- 2,539
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howes, Larry G.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1993 · 219 hours before
- Departed
- LWC · Lawrence, KS
- Destination
- LAA · Lamar, CO
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 299 total · 172 in this make and model · 254 as pilot in command · 82 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.