Cessna 182 N5813B

Summary

On 30 July 2011 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N5813B was involved in an accident near Dandrige, Tennessee, 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.

Date

30 July 2011 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Dandrige, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Dumplin Field Airport (86TN)

Coordinates

36.0089, -83.5231

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N5813B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Skydiving

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dandrige → Dandrige

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11CA430

Nobody was injured.

The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of poor planning.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated that he fueled the airplane for two flights with skydivers and thirty minutes of reserve fuel. He further stated that during the second approach he had to adjust his intended flight path for other airplane traffic. Then, as the pilot decreased the pitch of the airplane on final approach, the engine sputtered and lost power. The pilot landed the airplane in a field; however, during the landing roll the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing spar. The pilot reported that the airplane experienced fuel starvation and that he did not maintain the required reserve. The pilot indicated that more fuel would have been his recommendation to avoid this accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.