- Date
- May 4, 1982, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glenwood, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4458QCessna 188B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820504013979A
- Case key
- 70841
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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 became disoriented while on a ferry flight. He spotted a water tower in the town of Glenwood, AR and determined that he was about 35 miles southeast of his destination. He reported that the fuel gauge indicated between 1/4 and 1/2 full after he turned toward the destination, then about 7 minutes later, the engine quit. The state police and the pilot's father reported that the aircraft had run out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4458Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18800858
- Airframe hours
- 2,590
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- David P. Nichols
- Registered owner
- David P. Nichols
- Departed
- IDA · Ida, LA
- Destination
- MENA · Mena, AR
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 12,371 total · 2,700 in this make and model · 12,101 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.