- Date
- October 6, 1989, 20:10 local (Oct 7, 1989, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Hasty, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11PGCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891006039249A
- Case key
- 34893
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Probable cause
The engine failure due to fuel starvation resulting from the collapse at the fuel cell. The fact that the forced landing was made in dark night conditions was a factor.
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
While cruising towards the destination airport, the pilot said that the engine lost power. An emergency landing was attempted, at night, and during the attempt the aircraft struck trees and a fence. Post accident investigation revealed the right wing fuel cell had become detached at the top and collapsed. This collapse decreased the total quantity of fuel available from that wing tank. The investigation revealed the fuel tanks to be empty of useable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11PG
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261879
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Standefer, Wayne B.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- 52F · Roanoke, TX
- Destination
- FLD · Flippin, AR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 833 total · 231 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- HRO, 15 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.
Other investigations on N11PG · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.