Cessna 182P N9875E

Summary

On 27 May 2001 at about 16:40 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N9875E was involved in an accident near Hondo, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 May 2001 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Hondo, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Hondo Municipal (HDO)

Coordinates

29.3594, -99.1767

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N9875E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hondo → Wharton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW01LA130

1 person had minor injuries.

the pilot's inadequate preflight of the airplane, which resulted in a loss of engine power in cruise flight due to water in the fuel. A contributing factor was the soft terrain encountered during the forced landing.

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The engine power dropped to 900 rpm during cruise flight at 2,500 feet msl. During the off airport landing, the nose landing gear dug into the soft terrain, and the airplane came to rest in the inverted position. Water and debris were found mixed with the fuel drained from the gascolator. The pilot reported that he found no water in the fuel during the preflight, and no discrepancies with the aircraft during the pre-takeoff run up of the engine. A fuel sample from the fueling truck was not contaminated.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.