- Date
- April 5, 1989, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Los Lunas, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1672MCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890405006179A
- Case key
- 17693
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exaustion from an inadequate supply of fuel. Factors related to the accident were: false fuel quantity indication, hard landing by the pilot, and uneven terrain conditions.
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
Before the flt, the plt preflighted the acft & drained the wing sumps. He did not notice any water or other contaminants in the fuel. He did not visually check the tank caps or fuel level, but relied on the fuel gages, which he believed were accurate. He knew the left tank was near empty & estimated there was 35 gal remaining in the rgt tank. About 10 min after taking off on a flt from albuquerque to belen, NM, the eng lost power & would not restart. The plt rprtd that during an emergency landing, he began his flare too low, the acft touched down 'too flat' & then the nose wheel hit a mound & the acft nosed over. No fuel was found in either tank, though fuel was found in the fuel lines & gascolator. The engine was operationally checked & it ran smoothly to 2100 RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1672M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264411
- Airframe hours
- 2,154
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry E. Bielinski, doing business as Double Eagle II, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Double Eagle II Arcft Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 29, 1988 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- AEG · Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- E80 · Belen, NM
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,930 total · 102 in this make and model · 3,004 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ, 19 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.