- Date
- December 17, 1982, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Billings, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N756AXCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821217067649A
- Case key
- 69954
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Analysis
After power failure pilot landed on a highway and collided with an auto. No evidence of fuel was found in the aircraft.
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
Fuel consumption calculations - misjudgedCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - not maintainedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - vehicleFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756AX
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201027
- Airframe hours
- 41
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L365D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- P & G Leasing
- Registered owner
- P & G Leasing
- Departed
- C · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- C · Billings, MT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BIL
N756AXRegistration cancelled Jan 26, 2018 · Cessna TR182Airframe modelCessna TR182Engine modelLycoming 0-540 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 411 total · 7 in this make and model · 319 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 113 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.