MCKINNEY, TX, USA
N5176D
CESSNA 182A
THE PLT STATED, HE HAD DEPARTED THE AERO COUNTY AIRPORT, MCKINNEY, TX, ON A LOCAL FLT TO DROP SKY DIVERS. HE DROPPED THE SKY DIVERS & WAS RETURNING TO THE ARPT WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED A LOSS OF ENG POWER & MADE A FORCED LANDING. HE STATED THAT HE PULLED ON CARBURETOR HEAT AND WAS MAKING HIS FIRST POWER CHANGE WHEN THE ENG STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, WHO REMOVED THE ACFT FROM THE FIELD TO THE ARPT, 'INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL STAIN AT FILLER NECK OR ON THE GROUND NEARBY. ACFT APPARENTLY OUT OF FUEL.'
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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