- Date
- November 11, 1988, 11:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- El Paso, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2721GCessna 182B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881111050309A
- Case key
- 22813
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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 said he thought he had enough fuel to keep the airplane airborne for 6 hours but the left tank ran dry in 4.0 hours and the right tank went dry at 4.1 hours. The landing was on a ranch airport but was not on a runway and the forced landing was a hard one.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2721G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52021
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph N. Elliott
- Registered owner
- Elliott, Joseph N.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 69TA · Corpus Christi, TX
- Destination
- NONE · Horizon City, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Mcguire Ranch, runway 23, 8,500 × 70 ft, asphalt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 144 total · 54 in this make and model · 100 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 25 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.