# Accident 19940904025479A: Cessna 182B, Twentynine Palm, CA, September 4, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1994, 16:37 local time
- Place: Twentynine Palm, CA
- Airport: Dick Dale Skyranch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2063° N, 115.9978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Dick Dale Skyranch Airport (43CL), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2063&lon=-115.9978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8431T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8431T-1995-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 370 total, 89 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX94LA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA351) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940904025479A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER IN PATTERN. IMPACTED SHORT AND BOUNCED ONTO RUNWAY. FOUND WARN CAM AND VALVE LIFTERS AND CORROSION.

## 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 LAX94LA351](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA351), Sep 4, 1994: Cessna 182B (N8431T), Twentynine Palm, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the cause of the loss of engine power could not be determined. The dirt berm was a factor in this accident.

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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