Cessna 182A N4774D

Summary

On 22 September 1985 at about 03:00 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N4774D was involved in an accident near Vancouver, Washington, 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

22 September 1985 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Vancouver, Washington, United States

Coordinates

45.6207, -122.5695

Aircraft

Cessna 182A

Registration

N4774D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hayward → Vancouver

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA85LA220

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 PLT WAS UNABLE TO LAND AT HIS INTENDED DESTINATION DUE TO THE RWY EDGE AND END LIGHTS BEING INOPERATIVE. THE PLT DIVERTED TO A NEARBY ARPT BUT FUEL EXHAUSTION OCCURRED AND A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE. THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON AN OVERPASS AND DURING THE ROLLOUT, VEERED AND STRUCK TREES. THE PLT REPORTED THE ACFT CONTAINS 2 GALS OF UNUSEABLE FUEL, HOWEVER, THE ACFT FLT MANUAL REPORTS 10 GALS OF FUEL IS UNUSEABLE. APRX 9 GALS OF FUEL WERE DRAINED FROM THE ACFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.