- Date
- February 26, 1989, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Temple, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5010DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890226004809A
- Case key
- 22841
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision, by the pilot which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply o fuel.
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 plt was on a flt of about 150 mi from brazoria to Temple, TX. After he began a descent to land, the eng lost power. Subsequently, the acft was damaged during an emerg landing short of the rwy. No usable fuel was found in the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5010D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51110
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mcbride, Kimberly
- Registered owner
- Mc Bride, Kimberly
- Departed
- LBX · Brazoria, TX
- Destination
- TPL · Temple, TX
- Airport
- TPL · Draughton Miller, runway 20, 4,742 × 150 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 486 total · 69 in this make and model · 392 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5010D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.