19811031079869I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182P · Willits, CA · October 31, 1981

Date
October 31, 1981 · 09:50 local
Place
Willits, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1960M
Reported as
Cessna 182P
Reported engine
Continental O470S
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total800 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Complete power loss on initial climbout due to water in carburetor. Found leaking fuel filler cap seals.

As the FAA filed it

COMPLETE POWER LOSS ON INITIAL CLIMBOUT DUE TO WATER IN CARBURETOR. FOUND LEAKING FUEL FILLER CAP SEALS.