# NTSB MIA91LA216: Cessna 182, N5648B, Titusville, FL, September 7, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1991, 17:09 local (21:09 UTC)
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Coordinates: 28.57921, -80.819038 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5792&lon=-80.8190&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 24, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32923
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA91LA216
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32923/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA216

## Probable cause

THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S IMPROPER PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND HIS FAILURE TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRCRAFT CONTAINED SUFFICIENT FUEL FOR THE FLIGHT.

## 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
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL APPROACH WHILE RETURNING FROM DROPPING PARACHUTISTS. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD AND THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A DITCH ON ROLLOUT. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY FAA INSPECTORS INDICATED THE LEFT FUEL TANK CONTAINED ONE PINT OF FUEL AND THE RIGHT FUEL TANK CONTAINED 1 GALLON OF FUEL. AIRCRAFT INFORMATION INDICATED 1.5 GALLONS OF FUEL IS UNUSABLE IN EACH TANK. THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND THERE WAS NO PRE OR POST CRASH FUEL LEAKAGE FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5648B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5648B), registered now, S/N 33648, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33648
- Airframe hours: 5056
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Operator: Lyle E. Goodin
- Registered owner: Lyle E. Goodin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1990, 176 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 399 total, 14 in this make and model, 280 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TIX, 7 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910907038739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910907038739A), Sep 7, 1991: Cessna 182, Titusville, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final after dropping parachutist. Struck a ditch on forced landing. Fuel tanks were empty.

## Other investigations on N5648B (2)

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.

- [NTSB MIA69D0429](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69D0429), Apr 5, 1969: Cessna 182 (N5648B), Daytona Beach, FL, substantial damage
- [NTSB NYC66D0590](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66D0590), Mar 31, 1966: Cessna 182 (N5648B), Medford, NJ, substantial damage

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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