- Date
- November 5, 1982, 09:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bucklin, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7432NCessna 182D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821105057189A
- Case key
- 70071
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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
During takeoff, the engine lost power from fuel exhaustion and the pilot made a forced landing in a plowed field. While landing, the wheels dug into the soil and the aircraft nosed over. The pilot stated that he regularily flew another aircraft with a larger fuel supply. He reported that he did not visually check the fuel tanks before takeoff since he thought there was ample fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7432N
- Reported as
- Cessna 182D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263210
- Airframe hours
- 1,920
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Crotts Aircraft Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Crotts Aircraft Service, Inc.
- Departed
- Bucklin, KS
- Destination
- DDC · Dodge City, KS
- Airport
- Bucklin
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 50 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.