# Accident 19910608020409A: Cessna 182B, Bermuda Dunes, CA, June 8, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1991, 09:04 local time
- Place: Bermuda Dunes, CA
- Airport: Bermuda Dunes Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7103° N, 116.2307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7103&lon=-116.2307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7299E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7299E-2014-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 119 total, 4 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910608020409A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE MISFIRED ON CLIMBOUT. BEGAN TURNBACK,STALLED AND CRASHED. SAND IN FUEL. BAD MAG FOULED PLUGS. RINGS SEIZED.

## 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 LAX91FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA252), Jun 8, 1991: Cessna 182 (N7299E), Bermuda Dunes, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED WHILE MANEUVERING TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT, RESULTING IN AN IN FLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL, STALL, AND IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH TERRAIN.…

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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