- Date
- August 16, 1985, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pioneer, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3169QCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850816039199A
- Case key
- 24803
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Documents provided by the plt established that 45.5 gallons of fuel were loaded on the aircraft prior to departure from watsonville, California, the day prior to theaccident. The flt flew direct to minden, Nevada, a straight line distance of 170 NM, where it was parked overnight. The day of the accident, the plt said he did a normal preflight but did not visually check the fuel tank levels. On the return flt to watsonville, the aircraft lost power and struck trees during the forced landing on a highway. Acft retrievers reported complete aircraft system integrity and only 2 gallons of fuel in the tanks when the acft was removed from the site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3169Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258169
- Airframe hours
- 2,649
- Engine
- Continental O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carl L. Cutshaw
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- MEV · Minden, NV
- Destination
- WVI · Watsonville, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 70
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 819 total · 225 in this make and model · 769 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.