- Date
- January 25, 1991, 20:35 local (Jan 26, 1991, 03:35 UTC)
- Place
- Show Low, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8900XCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910125001069A
- Case key
- 27100
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Probable cause
Engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. A factor was inoperative fuel gauges.
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
The pilot of a Cessna 182 experienced engine failure during cruise. The pilot stated he switched tanks, applied carburetor heat and enrichened the mixture to no avail. He stated that the way it stopped he suspected no fuel. The fuel guages were reported to be inoperative. The pilot stated he was quantifying his fuel usage with a fuel log book. After the crash the pilot stated he inspected the fuel tanks and theyy appeared to be empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8900X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253300
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond D. Carson
- Registered owner
- Raymond D. Carson
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- PO6 · Chandler, AZ
- Destination
- SOW · Showlow, AZ
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 768 total · 115 in this make and model · 661 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.