- Date
- November 20, 1984, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Woodside, DE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8957XCessna 182D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841120062569A
- Case key
- 35651
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Analysis
The plt reported that he refueled the acft on 11/12/84 & filled the tanks. Tach time was 1766.95. On 11/20/84, when he took off, he estimated 51 gals of fuel was on board. He flew to another location & landed, then was away from his acft about 1 hr. When he returned, he took off again. During the flt, the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion. A landing was made in a recently seeded grain field. While rolling on the soft terrain, the acft nosed over. Tach time after the accident was 1768.93. The plt said that 30 to 35 gal of fuel was unaccounted for. No part failure or malfunction was evident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8957X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18253357
- Airframe hours
- 2,566
- Engine
- Continental O-47OL, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Reed, David H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 5, 1984
- Departed
- VA91 · Onancock, VA
- Destination
- N92 · Middletown, DE
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.