- Date
- July 5, 1991, 15:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Keystone Hghts, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8875TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910705026449A
- Case key
- 32896
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion due to fuel siphoning overboard, and failure of the pilot to perform an adequate preflight inspection to insure the fuel caps were secured. Contributing to the accident was incorrect fuel tank quantity gauges and unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing.
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 plt stated that before departure the fuel tanks were filled but he did not check the tanks for quantity or the caps for security. The flt departed & during cruise flt, the eng quit due to fuel exhaustion. During the forced landing on a rd, the acft collided with a fence then trees & came to rest. Postcrash exam of the acft by an FAA airworthiness inspector revealed that fuel siphoned overboard from the lt fuel tank filler port due to a deteriorated fuel tank cap seal. The plt further stated that the lt & rt fuel quantity gauges indicated 1/4 & 1/2 respectively when the eng quit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8875T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52775
- Airframe hours
- 2,480
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Berna, Charles W.
- Registered owner
- Berna, Charles W.
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 21, 1991 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 4A7 · Hampton, GA
- Destination
- DED · Deland, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 285 total · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.