# Accident 19900723028209A: Cessna 182P, Sanford, NC, July 23, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1990, 19:20 local time
- Place: Sanford, NC
- Airport: Sanford-Lee County Brick Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4695° N, 79.1807° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4695&lon=-79.1807&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58469, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58469) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 615 total, 200 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900723028209A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER AND SMOKE IN CABIN. SET DOWN IN PLOWED FIELD. NOSED OVER NR3 PISTON HAD DISINTREGATED. NO FLAPS USED.

## 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 ATL90LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA148), Jul 23, 1990: Cessna 182 (N58469), Sanford, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE NO.1 PISTON, FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS, WHICH RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS, THE FORCED LANDING IN A SOFT FIELD.

## Other reports on N58469 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780401005899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780401005899A), Apr 1, 1978: Cessna 182H (N58469), Pelzer, SC, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 27K.

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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