- Date
- September 24, 1982, 22:39 local (Sep 25, 1982, 04:39 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2389GCessna 182B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820924048979A
- Case key
- 69724
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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.
Analysis
The pilot undershot the runway following an engine failure on final approach. The pilot had been flying 4.7 hours on a cross-country flight when engine quit. The aircraft was out of fuel. The optimum endurance is 4.6 hours. The pilot had figured on 7 gallon reserve. About 10 gallons of fuel carried is unusable.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2389G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-51689
- Airframe hours
- 3,085
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John K. Wilson
- Registered owner
- John K. Wilson
- Departed
- Burbank, CA
- Destination
- Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- ABQ · Albuquerque Intl., runway 8, 13,370 × 150 ft, macadam
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 884 total · 520 in this make and model · 781 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 160 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.