- Date
- June 18, 1990, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cottage Grove, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9977ECessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900618020889A
- Case key
- 35003
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion and remedial action not performed by the pilot in command.
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 in cruise flight, during a personal cross-country flight, the engine lost power. An emergency ldg was attempted, resulting in a collision with trees and the terrain, in a residential area. Post accident investigation revealed the fuel tanks to be empty of usable fuel. The plt said that she smelled gasoline fumes during the three hour flight, but due to the extent of the accident damage, it was impossible to ascertain a fuel leak.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9977E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264037
- Airframe hours
- 2,482
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Byers-Jones Chairman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 12, 1990
- Departed
- K59 · Atchison, KS
- Destination
- STP · St.Paul, MN
- 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
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MPS, 10 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 N9977E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.