# Accident 19970706016989A: Cessna 182R, Peoria, IL, July 6, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1997, 08:45 local time
- Place: Peoria, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6936° N, 89.5890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peoria, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6936&lon=-89.5890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N661SP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,833 total, 1,566 in this make and model, 171 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97TA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97TA198) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970706016989A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST ENGINE ON SHORT FINAL FOR RUNWAY, MADE RIGHT TURN, LANDED IN GRASS SHORT OF AIRPORT. (.4)WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT ADVANCED THE THROTTLE; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE POWER DID NOT INCREASE.  A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A SOYBEAN FIELD.  THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED A DITCH AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRPLANE THEN CONTINUED ACROSS A ROAD WHERE IT CONTACTED TWO SIGN POSTS. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION FAILED TO REVEAL ANY FAILURE/MALFUNCTION WHICH WOULD HAVE PREVENTED NORMAL OPERATION OF THE ENGINE. IT WAS NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE SPARK PLUGS WERE SOOTED.  THE ENGINE FUNCTIONED NORMALLY DURING A TEST RUN.  THE TEMPERATURE/DEW POINT (68 AND 56 DEGREES F RESPECTIVELY) IS CONDUCTIVE TO MODERATE ICING AT CRUISE POWER OR SERIOUS ICING AT GLIDE POWER.                                                                          (-23) ON JULY 6, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 0840 CDT, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A BEAN FIELD ABOUT ONE FOURTH (1/4) MILE SOUTHEAST OF PEORIA AIRPORT AND STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO ROADS.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DITCH, DOING DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR, PROPELLER AND FUSELAGE.  THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A                                                   TRAFFIC SIGN. THE PILOT STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER TO MAKE THE RUNWAY, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND.  HE STATED HE DID NOT REMEMBER IF HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT DURING THE APPROACH.

## 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 CHI97TA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97TA198), Jul 6, 1997: Cessna 182R (N661SP), Peoria, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper use of carburetor heat and the carburetor icing conditions which existed at the time of the accident. Factors were the ditch and poles which the airplane contacted.

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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