- Date
- September 3, 1973
- Place
- Bagdad, AZ · BAGDAD, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2563GCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730903029409A
- Case key
- 188658
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2624 73/9/3 BAGDAD,ARIZ CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 497 TIME - 1920 N2563G PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIALTO,CALIF SEDONA,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COLL W ROCKY TERRAIN.BOTH FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND TO BE EMPTY.FUEL SLCTR HANDLE BROKEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2563G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2563GRegistration cancelled Apr 2, 2020 · Cessna 182BAirframe modelCessna 182BEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.