# NTSB SEA85LA109: Cessna 182, N2024G, Rexburg, ID, May 10, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1985, 13:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Rexburg, ID
- Coordinates: 43.779819, -111.760475 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7798&lon=-111.7605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40155
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA85LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40155/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA109

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - not performed
- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - not performed, pilot in command
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18251342
- Airframe hours: 2425
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 46; 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

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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