- Date
- November 5, 1981
- Place
- Ranger, TX · RANGER, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8944XCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811105071899A
- Case key
- 123376
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2583 81/11/5 NR.RANGER,TX CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0200 N8944X PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS AGE 23, 1454 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 201 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHREVEPORT,LA ABILENE,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WARPED POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: TANKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - COLLAPSED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- BOTH PLASTIC FUEL CAPS WARPED,BOTH FUEL CELL BLADDERS COLLAPSED.NO BLOCKAGE FND IN VENTS.DARK NGT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8944X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8944X · 1
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