# Accident 19890406006479A: Cessna 182, Luthersville, GA, April 6, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1989, 16:00 local time
- Place: Luthersville, GA
- Airport: Flying N Estates Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1773° N, 84.7485° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING N ESTATES (1GA2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1773&lon=-84.7485&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5458B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5458B-1992-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 300 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890406006479A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE FAILED TURNING BASE. CRASHED INTO TREES AND BURNED. CARB ICING CONDITIONS PRESENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL89FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA122), Apr 6, 1989: Cessna 182 (N5458B), Luthersville, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT'S FAILURE TO TAKE ACTION THAT WOULD PREVENT THE FORMATION OF CARBURETOR ICE. FOLLOWING THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION, THE PILOT DID NOT CONFIGURE THE AIRPLANE SO AS TO REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF THE…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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