# NTSB Accident CHI08CA255
> **Cessna 182C** · 2008-08-16 · Sparta, IL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI08CA255
- **Event ID:** 20080912X01440
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-08-16
- **Location:** Sparta, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.148887, -89.698608
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 182C
- **Registration:** N8643T
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate preflight/planning which resulted in the failure to assure an adequate fuel supply for the flight and the improper flare during the landing.  Contributing to the  accident was the ditch that the airplane contacted.

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