- Date
- October 31, 1986, 18:30 local (Nov 1, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plainview, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N97814Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861031053339A
- Case key
- 22294
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that aprx 25 min after he took off, the eng lost power. He made an emergency landing in a plowed field where the acft nosed over. During an investigation, only traces of fuel were found in the acft. There was no evidence that fuel had drained from the tanks at the crash site, except that the acft was inverted. The acft had flown a total of 9.3 hrs since it was last known to be refueled. The acft's fuel capacity was 81 gal & according to the owner's manual, its normal fuel consumption was about 9 gal/hr. The plt reported that prior to the flt, he did not visually check the fuel, but had relied on the fuel gages which indicated the fuel tanks were full.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97814
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267204
- Airframe hours
- 978
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Amarillo Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 23, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- AMA · Amarillo, TX
- Destination
- LBB · Lubbock, TX
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 40 in this make and model · 87 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.