# Incident 19970712028349I: Cessna 182, Waterloo, IN, July 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1997, 15:20 local time
- Place: Waterloo, IN
- Airport: Walker/Rowe Waterloo Airport
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4312° N, 84.9816° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WALKER/ROWE WATERLOO (4C2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4312&lon=-84.9816&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6216A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6216A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970712028349I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 12, 1997 AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 EST, A CESSNA MODEL 182 N6216E WAS INVOLVED IN AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING JUST NORTHWEST OF THE WALKER/ROWE WATERLOO, IN AIRPORT (4C2) IN WATERLOO, INDIANA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PILOTED BY MR. MARK L. LARISON, WHO HOLDS A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE. MR. LARISON WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THIS AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS BEING USED THAT DAY BY PARACHUTE JUMPERS. THE JUMPERS HAD JUMPED A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO MR. LARISON REPORTING A LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SAFE LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD. MR. LARISON REPORTED IN A STATEMENT THAT JUST AFTER THE ENGINE FAILED HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT. HE ALSO INDICATED HE ALSO MOVED THE THROTTLE BACK AND FORTH TO REGAIN POWER. MR. LARISON STATED THAT ONLY IDLE POWER WAS AVAILABALE UPON LANDING IN THE BEAN FIELD. IT WAS REPORTED THE FOLLOWING DAY THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE FIELD AND TOWED BACK TO THE WATERLOO AIRPORT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STARTED, RAN NORMALLY AND WAS FLOWN BACK TO VAN WERT, OHIO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS SAME MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THE PILOT WAS NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF CARBURETOR ICE PROBLEMS WITH EARLIER MODEL CESSNA 182S. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING ON AUTOMOBILE FUEL (MOGAS). ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ITEM NUMBER #40: THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN COUNSELED ON THIS TOPIC BY THE REPORTING INSPECTOR.

## Other reports on N6216A (1)

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

- [Incident 19851124076159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851124076159I), Nov 24, 1985: Cessna 182 (N6216A), Toscin, IN, Substantial damage. Engine did not respond on final after descent from parachute drop. Suspect carburetor ice.

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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