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Cessna 182 pilot reported a complete power loss and forced landing; due to fuel starvation associated with a missing gas cap.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1686980 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fuel Tank Cap |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 39 Flight Crew Total 443 Flight Crew Type 443 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 1000 Vertical 1000 |
Narrative:
Cruising to ZZZ lost power due to fuel starvation about 20 miles northwest of ZZZ. Made the decision to land on the highway. Landed without incident. Upon inspection it was determine that we lost a gas cap on the right wing and air passing over the wing had siphoned the fuel from the airplane. The right tank gauge read full due to the fuel bladder being sucked up right under the fill hole. We acquired a new fuel cap aviation gas and took off from the highway after the local sheriff shut the road down for us.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Cessna 182 pilot reported a complete power loss and forced landing; due to fuel starvation associated with a missing gas cap.
Narrative: Cruising to ZZZ lost power due to fuel starvation about 20 miles northwest of ZZZ. Made the decision to land on the highway. Landed without incident. Upon inspection it was determine that we lost a gas cap on the right wing and air passing over the wing had siphoned the fuel from the airplane. The right tank gauge read full due to the fuel bladder being sucked up right under the fill hole. We acquired a new fuel cap aviation gas and took off from the highway after the local sheriff shut the road down for us.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.