# NTSB SEA07CA076: Cessna 182H, N1903X, Phoenix, AZ, March 14, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 13, 2007, 20:00 local (Mar 14, 2007, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.711387, -112.10028
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7114&lon=-112.1003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 29, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65420
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA07CA076
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65420/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA076

## 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

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command
- Forced landing, emergency landing
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - sign (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1903X), registered now, S/N 18256003, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182H
- Registry model: [Cessna 182H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (registry code 2072718) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18256003
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20070313003749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070313003749A), Mar 13, 2007: Cessna 182H, Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft engine failed to operate while in cruise flight due to fuel starvation. On attempted power off emergency landing on a road, the right wing…

## Other investigations on N1903X (2)

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.

- [NTSB LAX72DUG79](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72DUG79), Jun 28, 1972: Cessna 182 (N1903X), Big Bear, CA, substantial damage
- [NTSB OAK68D0002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK68D0002), May 14, 1967: Cessna 182 (N1903X), Lodi, CA, substantial damage

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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