- Date
- May 6, 1982, 17:12 local (May 7, 1982, 00:12 UTC)
- Place
- Walla Walla, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6319FCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820506015569A
- Case key
- 72946
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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
After arriving in the Walla Walla area the pilot executed a spiraling descent, using carburetor heat, so as to arrive at pattern altitude. When he commenced a level-off the engine would not respond. A force landing was executed into a nearby field. Investigation revealed no fuel in either tank. The right fuel bladder was found partially collapsed and the float type fuel quantity transmitter was found to provide an erroneous fuel quantity indication in the cockpit due to interference from the bladder.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6319F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264154
- Airframe hours
- 2,304
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Loren T Sailor
- Registered owner
- Loren T Sailor
- Departed
- EAT · Wenatchee, WA
- Destination
- San Jose, CA
- Airport
- ALW · Walla Walla City 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 960 total · 872 in this make and model · 864 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALW, 2 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.