- Date
- September 8, 1990, 18:14 local (Sep 9, 1990, 00:14 UTC)
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5146DCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41271
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to correct the position of the fuel tank selector, causing erratic engine operation and loss of power.
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
The aircraft crashed about 600 feet short of the threshold of the runway. Witnesses observed that the engine had been 'cutting in and out' before the crash. A photograph taken at the crash site showed the fuel selector handle displaced between the left main position and the both position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5146D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51246
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul Paulsen
- Registered owner
- Unknown
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,429 total · 1,294 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Observed at
- OGD, 1 nm away