- Date
- April 20, 1988, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Coolidge, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8847XCessna 182D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880420010019A
- Case key
- 25990
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At the end of a pleasure cross country flight, while on final approach, the engine quit. Unable to land on the runway, the aircraft was landed in a soft field where during the landing roll the aircraft nosed over. The pilot had selected the right fuel tank for landing, which, he stated, was reading in the red. 15 gallons of fuel were drained from the left tank. No fuel was found in the right tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8847X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253247
- Airframe hours
- 4,371
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Craigin, Robert K.
- Registered owner
- Craigin, Robert K
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 1987 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- P08 · Coolidge, runway 23, 5,550 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,652 total · 163 in this make and model · 1,348 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 18 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 39 °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.