# NTSB SEA82DA065: Cessna 182P, N6319F, Walla Walla, WA, May 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: May 6, 1982, 17:12 local (May 7, 1982, 00:12 UTC)
- Place: Walla Walla, WA
- Coordinates: 46.109272, -118.300323 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1093&lon=-118.3003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 6, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72946
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72946/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA065

## 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
  - fuel system,tank - previous damage (cause)
  - fuel supply - inaccurate (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - normal
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6319F), registered now, S/N 18264154 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264154
- Airframe hours: 2304
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820506015569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820506015569A), May 6, 1982: Cessna 182P, Walla Walla, WA, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel near destination. Crashed into a hill on forced landing. Collapsed fuel cell restricted fuel load.

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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