# NTSB LAX88LA167: Cessna 182D, N8847X, Coolidge, AZ, April 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 20, 1988, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Coolidge, AZ
- Location: 32.9778° N, 111.5176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coolidge, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9778&lon=-111.5176&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25990
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88LA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25990/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88LA167

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8847X-2013-05-15), registration cancelled 2013-05-15, S/N 18253247, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Registry model: [Cessna 182D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (registry code 2072710) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18253247
- Airframe hours: 4371
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880420010019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880420010019A), Apr 20, 1988: Cessna 182D, Coolidge, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit turning final. Nosed over landing short of runway. Possible fuel starvation failing to switch tanks.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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