Cessna 182A N4918D

Summary

On 19 March 2001 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N4918D was involved in an accident near Richfield, Utah, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 March 2001 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Richfield, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Off Airport

Coordinates

38.7505, -112.0997

Aircraft

Cessna 182A

Registration

N4918D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Needles Outpost → Richfield

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN01LA072

Nobody was injured.

loss of engine power during cruise as a result of fuel exhaustion due to the pilots failure to refuel. Contributing factors were the pilots inadequate aircraft preflight and the unsuitable terrain for a forced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

In the pilot stated that there were 38 gallons of fuel on board the airplane prior to a 1 hour and 10 minute flight to an airport with no services. At 1 hour and 20 minutes into the returning flight the engine lost power. He made an emergency landing in a field approximately 3/4 of a mile east of the airport. The airplane hit a berm during the landing roll. The nose landing gear collapsed and was torn off the airplane. The pilot later stated, "I think my reading of the fuel quantity in the site tube was in error. While I was measuring the fuel, I was interrupted, and I think I mentally recorded the wrong amount of fuel, resulting in a fuel starvation accident."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.