# NTSB NYC88LA203: Cessna 182, N20722, Wildwood, NJ, August 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1988, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Wildwood, NJ
- Location: 38.9875° N, 74.8182° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wildwood, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9875&lon=-74.8182&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36199
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC88LA203
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36199/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA203

## Probable cause

THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BUILDING AFTER IF EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION CAUSED BY OIL DILUTION AND LOW ENGINE COMPRESSION.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, descent - normal
  - engine assembly,ring - worn (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - not identified, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - building(nonresidential) (cause)

## Analysis

THE CESSNA 182 EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS AND MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A FIELD, STRIKING A BUILDING AND RECEIVING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED THE POWER LOSS WAS CAUSED BY FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N20722](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20722-1989-02-28), registration cancelled 1989-02-28, S/N 18261155 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18261155
- Airframe hours: 2894
- Engines: Continental O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James L Webb
- Registered owner: Larry D. Kelley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 25, 1987, 95 hours before
- Departed: 3B4, ELIOT, ME
- Destination: WWD, WILDWOOD, NJ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, multi-engine sea; instrument ratings: helicopter, airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 7,026 total, 209 in this make and model, 6,400 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: M1V, 23 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 19880808031449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880808031449A), Aug 8, 1988: Cessna 182P, Wildwood, NJ, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route. Struck a building on the forced landing. Low cylinder compression may have used more fuel

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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