- Date
- September 20, 1984, 21:00 local (Sep 21, 1984, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9157XCessna 182D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840920050579A
- Case key
- 24405
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a descent from 11,000 ft, the eng lost power at 3500 ft & would not restart. At that time, the plt noted that the fuel gages indicated the right tank was about 1/4 full & the left tank was empty. He landed in a rice field at night where the nose gear collapsed. About 1 qt of fuel was found in the left tank & aprx 3 gal was found in the right tank. According to the flt manual, the acft has 1.5 gal of unusable fuel in level, coordinated flt, but up to 5 gal unusable fuel in other flt conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9157X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253557
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald V. Montgomery
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 20, 1984
- Departed
- MFR · Medford, OR
- Destination
- 051 · Lincoln, CA
- Airport
- 051 · Lincoln
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 310 in this make and model · 1,380 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 320° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.