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Cessna 182E N2852Y

22 May 2004 · Santa Teresa, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 May 2004 at about 15:50 local time, a Cessna 182E registered N2852Y was involved in an accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, United States. One person was 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.

The record

Date
at 15:50
Classification
Accident
Location
Santa Teresa, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport
Dona Ana County at Santa Teres (5T6)
Coordinates
31.8395, -106.6803
Aircraft
Cessna 182E
Registration
N2852Y
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Santa Teresa → Santa Teresa
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN04LA077

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and decision-making, which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing factors to the accident were the fuel exhaustion and the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot told an FAA inspector that he had completed an air drop of skydivers at 14,000 feet and was returning to land. During the descent, the engine quit. The pilot initially thought it was due to carburetor ice, but then realized that he ran "out of fuel." The pilot was forced to land the airplane short of the runway. The airplane impacted terrain collapsing the nose landing gear and buckling the firewall. The pilot did not provide a Pilot Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB form 6120.1/2) for this accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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