- Date
- March 13, 2007, 20:00 local (Mar 14, 2007, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1903XCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20070313003749A
- Case key
- 65420
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, resulting in fuel exhaustion and the loss of power. A factor was the sign.
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
En route and approximately 60 nautical miles from the destination airport at 5,000 feet mean sea level, the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power; attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful. After making a successful landing on a street the airplane's right wing impacted a street sign, which resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot stated, "If I had checked the fuel [prior to departure] I would have found that there was not enough fuel to complete the flight. The engine quit because there was no gas in the tanks."
Factual narrative
En route and approximately 60 nautical miles from the destination airport at 5,000 feet mean sea level, the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power; attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful. After making a successful landing on a street the airplane's right wing impacted a street sign, which resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot stated, "If I had checked the fuel [prior to departure] I would have found that there was not enough fuel to complete the flight. The engine quit because there was no gas in the tanks."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1903X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256003
- Engine
- Continental O-470, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffrey S. Agard
- Registered owner
- Aivcon Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SEZ · Sedona, AZ
- Destination
- CGZ · Casa Grande, AZ
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Flight hours
- 860 total · 300 in this make and model · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
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 N1903X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.