- Date
- July 7, 1991, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Xenia, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3808DCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910707026679A
- Case key
- 36959
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion resulting in a forced landing and subsequent nose over during the landing roll. Factors related to the accident was the pilot's failure to ensure sufficient fuel was available for the flight.
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
Just after level off at 2000 feet, the pilot started to descend for landing. According to the pilot the engine started 'acting up' and then quit. He elected to land downwind in a field, hit a wire fence and flipped over. When the FAA examined the wreckage they found one fuel tank empty and the other tank with very little fuel. The FAA test ran the engine and found no discrepancies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3808D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34508
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Skydive Green County
- Registered owner
- Skydive Green County
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- I2O · Skydive Green County
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 46 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.