# NTSB CHI95LA100: Cessna 182A, N5015D, Bowling Green, MO, March 11, 1995 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 11, 1995, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC) - Place: Bowling Green, MO - Coordinates: 39.329849, -91.190254 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3298&lon=-91.1903&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 2 serious - Status: Completed, report October 13, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9849 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI95LA100 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9849/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA100 ## Probable cause The pilot misjudged the fuel supply. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - downwind - fuel system,tank - low level (contributing factor) - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - fluid,fuel - exhaustion - Forced landing, emergency descent/landing - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, emergency landing - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - encountered, pilot in command ## Analysis THE AIRPLANE WAS DESCENDING FOR A LANDING WHEN THE ENGINE SUFFERED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NO MEMORY OF THE ACCIDENT. ALTHOUGH PERSONNEL WHO MOVED THE AIRPLANE CLAIMED THAT 15 OR 16 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE REMOVED FROM THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE, ONLY ABOUT SIX GALLONS COULD BE LOCATED. THE ENGINE WAS TEST RUN SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO ANOMALIES NOTED. THE AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS 10 GALLONS OF UNUSABLE FUEL MIGHT BE EXPECTED IN OTHER THAN LEVEL FLIGHT. ## Factual narrative On March 11, 1995, at 1715 central standard time, a Cessna 182A, N5015D, registered to Skydive Assets, Inc., of Loveland, Colorado, and piloted by an instrument rated commercial pilot, was substantially damaged during a forced landing, approximately one mile northwest of runway 13 at Bowling Green, Missouri, following a total loss of engine power. The pilot and one passenger received serious injuries. The local personal 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The time of departure is unknown. In the pilot's statement, he said that he had no memory of the accident. The airplane had been disassembled and moved from the accident site and was inspected in a hangar. Found in the carburetor were "three teaspoons" of blue fuel. In the hangar, with the airplane was a full five gallon can and a two and one-half gallon can with about one gallon of blue fuel. Personnel who disassembled and moved the airplane stated that they had recovered 15 or 16 gallons of fuel from the airplane at the accident site. Since only about six gallons if fuel remained the question arose as to the location of the additional fuel. The same personnel stated that a five gallon can overturned while being transported from the accident site to the hangar, but they could not account for the whereabouts of the can at the time of the examination. The flight manual for the accident airplane indicates that the airplane has a total usable fuel for all flight conditions of 55 gallons with a total fuel volume of 65 gallons. Unusable fuel in level flight is shown as 3 gallons; however, in other than level flight there is an additional 7 gallons of unusable fuel. The engine was removed for examination and a test run was conducted on April 19, 1995. Rated power was achieved during the test run with no mechanical deficiencies noted. Parties to the investigation were the Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards District Office, St Ann, Missouri; Continental Motors, Mobile, Alabama; and Cessna Aircraft, Wichita, Kansas ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5015D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5015D-2013-03-19), registration cancelled 2013-03-19, S/N 51115, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A - Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 51115 - Airframe hours: 3055 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Skydive Assets, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 23, 1995, 2 hours before - Departed: H19 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 34; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 949 total, 242 in this make and model, 800 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 9 knots - Visibility: 15 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: UIN, 35 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 19950311003609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950311003609A), Mar 11, 1995: Cessna 182A, Bowling Green, MO, Substantial damage. Engine quit, pilot saw open field and headed to it, upon landing nosed into a tree. (.4)the airplane was descending for a landing when the engine suffered a… ## Other investigations on N5015D (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 CHI92LA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA025), Nov 10, 1991: Cessna 182A (N5015D), Bowling Green, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE SKY DIVER'S PARACHUTE. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. 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