Cessna 182G N2445R

Summary

On 3 March 1983 at about 16:15 local time, a Cessna 182G registered N2445R was involved in an accident near Chadron, Nebraska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 March 1983 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Chadron, Nebraska, United States

Coordinates

42.8203, -102.9992

Aircraft

Cessna 182G

Registration

N2445R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bridgeport → Chadron

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83LA074

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ENGINE STOPPED WHEN THE ACFT WAS WITHIN 10 MILES FROM THE DESTINATION AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD THE FUEL VALVE TO THE 'BOTH POSITION' WHEN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED. HE SAYS HE PULLED ON CARBURETOR HEAT, SWITCHED FUEL TANKS, THEN CONCENTRATED ON THE FORCED LANDING. DURING THE LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR MIRED IN SOFT TERRAIN AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PILOT STATED THE FUEL GAUGES INDICATED ONE QUARTER FULL IN EACH TANK AFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED. AT THE ACCIDENT SITE, THE FUEL VALVE WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT TANK POSITION. THE LEFT TANK WAS EMPTY AND THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINED 15 GALLONS OF FUEL. THERE WAS FUEL IN ALL LINES, THE MAIN FUEL FILTER AND THE CARBURETOR. NO REASONWAS FOUND FOR THE POWERPLANT STOPPAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.