- Date
- June 10, 1989, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Moab, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N92299Cessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890610015109A
- Case key
- 17721
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to refuel the aircraft before the flight and company induced pressure by the company/operator management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion from a lack of fuel. The terrain conditions and the tree were considered to be contributing factors.
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 commercial plt had flown 3 hrs & was starting the last leg of a part 135 passenger flt. He said he did not feel comfortable with the fuel gauge readings. He discussed the problem with the chief plt/operator & was told to proceed to Moab. The plt said the chief plt did not look at the gauges. He was also told that the flaps on this acft did not retract completely. The plt said that after 30 min of flt, the eng lost power. A passenger that was aboard the acft said she heard the plt radio that the acft was out of fuel & that he was making a forced landing. The plt selected a dirt road in rough terrain (aprx 5 mi sw of the destn). Drg the landing roll, the landing gear collapsed & the rgt wing struck a tree. Another company plt flew over the downed acft & coordinated rescue efforts. Before the plane was recovered, 6.1 gal of fuel was drained from the fuel tanks. The acft flt manual stated that each of the 2 tanks contained 3 gal of unusable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92299
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-60138
- Airframe hours
- 5,523
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Redtail Aviation
- Registered owner
- Redtail Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 1, 1988 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Hite, UT
- Destination
- CNY · Moab, UT
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 906 total · 53 in this make and model · 702 as pilot in command · 96 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.