- Date
- June 11, 1982, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Central, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8278GCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820611022119A
- Case key
- 70176
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionFactor
Fuel consumption calculations - improperCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
Pilot ran out of fuel and made a forced landing during which a wing collided with a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8278G
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18801275T
- Airframe hours
- 2,386
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 137
- Operator
- Charles Daniel Fuller
- Registered owner
- Charles Daniel Fuller
- Departed
- Private Strip
- Destination
- Private Strip
N8278GRegistration cancelled Dec 3, 2004 · Cessna A188BAirframe modelCessna A188BEngine modelContinental TP500 series
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 8,500 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 185 °F
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 N8278G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.