- Date
- May 10, 1985, 13:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Rexburg, ID
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2024GCessna 182
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40155
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - rainFactor
Flight into known adverse weather - not performed
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Not performed
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
While en route, the plt circumnavigated around several storms. When the acft was about 20 mi from the destination arpt, fuel exhaustion ocurred. Subsequently, the acft nosed over during a forced landing on soft uneven terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2024G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18251342
- Airframe hours
- 2,425
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary R. Hill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1985
- Departed
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- U11 · Rexburg, ID
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 301 total · 235 in this make and model · 270 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IDA, 20 nm away