- Date
- March 19, 1987, 17:55 local (Mar 20, 1987, 01:55 UTC)
- Place
- Palm Springs, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N759VCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870319006479A
- Case key
- 25544
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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
During a pleasure cross country flt, the aircraft encountered approximately 50 knot headwinds. The plt had diverted once to refuel and had expected to fly direct to the final destination. However, while enroute on the final leg of the flight, the aircraft was running low on fuel. The plt diverted to a nearby airport. While on final approach, the plt notified the control tower that the aircraft had run out of fuel. The aircraft collided with the terrain approximately 1 mile short of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759V
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266286
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rainbow Aviation
- Registered owner
- Dougherty,Theodore L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FMN · Farmington, NM
- Destination
- FUL · Fullerton, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PSP · Palm Springs, runway 30, 8,500 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 231 total · 23 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 14 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PSP, 1 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.