# Accident 19930815029379A: Cessna 182C, Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, August 15, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1993, 16:45 local time
- Place: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
- Airport: West Tinian
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 14.9465° N, 145.6048° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Municipality of Tinian, MP, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=14.9465&lon=145.6048&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8885T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8885T-2013-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA322) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930815029379A

## Narrative

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

ELECTED TO GO AROUND. STALLED INTO TREES WITH FLAPS FULL DOWN. NO LICENSE OR MEDICAL. AIRCRAFT OUT OF ANNUAL.

## 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 LAX93LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA322), Aug 16, 1993: Cessna 182C (N8885T), Tinian (Pacific Ocean), substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to retract the flaps during the initial climb, and, his failure to maintain an adequate airspeed, which led to an inadvertent stall.

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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