19890107008969I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182A · Wadsworth, NV · January 7, 1989

Date: January 7, 1989 · 15:45 local
Place: Wadsworth, NV
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6390B
Reported as: Cessna 182A
Reported engine: Continental O470L
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 105 total5 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N6390BRegistered now · Cessna 182AS/N 34290 · Built 1957 Airframe modelCessna 182A Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine failure. Forced landing on highway. A rag had been sucked into carburetor air intake box cutting off air.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE. FORCED LANDING ON HIGHWAY. A RAG HAD BEEN SUCKED INTO CARBURETOR AIR INTAKE BOX CUTTING OFF AIR.