What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: weather was VMC for this CFR 91 instructional flight. On October 19, 1997, approximately 1830 central daylight time, a Cessna 182P airplane, N10DG owned by air center east Texas, inc., and operated by skyline aviation was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of power 4 miles west of Thompsons, Texas. The flight instructor, private pilot and passenger were uninjured. The private pilot stated that he was receiving additional hooded instrument training on unusual attitudes at approximately 2,000 feet MSL when the aircraft engine suddenly stopped. The instructor pilot immediately announced they had a real emergency, while the private pilot controlled the aircraft the instructor proceeded with emergency startup procedures to no avail. The pilots agreed to land on a ranch access road that was oriented north-south perpendicular to a levy and proceeded southward momentarily, paralleling the road on the east side as they entered a right turn to line up for the approach to the road their airspeed steadily decreased as indicated by the stall warning horn. The instructor pilot took the controls and widened the turn in an effort to maintain altitude as long as possible, this got them over the levy, but about 50 to 100 meters west of the road forcing them to settle for a pasture via the road. The aircraft landed hard on the main landing gear shearing the nose landing gear and causing substantial damage to the nose section of the aircraft. Subsequent tear down of the aircraft carburetor indicated carburetor float failed inflight. This investigation remains open. (-23) engine failure.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: WEATHER WAS VMC FOR THIS CFR 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. ON OCTOBER 19, 1997, APPROXIMATELY 1830 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182P AIRPLANE, N10DG OWNED BY AIR CENTER EAST TEXAS, INC., AND OPERATED BY SKYLINE AVIATION WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF POWER 4 MILES WEST OF THOMPSONS, TEXAS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED. THE PRIVATE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS RECEIVING ADDITIONAL HOODED INSTRUMENT TRAINING ON UNUSUAL ATTITUDES AT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET MSL WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT IMMEDIATELY ANNOUNCED THEY HAD A REAL EMERGENCY, WHILE THE PRIVATE PILOT CONTROLLED THE AIRCRAFT THE INSTRUCTOR PROCEEDED WITH EMERGENCY STARTUP PROCEDURES TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOTS AGREED TO LAND ON A RANCH ACCESS ROAD THAT WAS ORIENTED NORTH-SOUTH PERPENDICULAR TO A LEVY AND PROCEEDED SOUTHWARD MOMENTARILY, PARALLELING THE ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE AS THEY ENTERED A RIGHT TURN TO LINE UP FOR THE APPROACH TO THE ROAD THEIR AIRSPEED STEADILY DECREASED AS INDICATED BY THE STALL WARNING HORN. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK THE CONTROLS AND WIDENED THE TURN IN AN EFFORT TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, THIS GOT THEM OVER THE LEVY, BUT ABOUT 50 TO 100 METERS WEST OF THE ROAD FORCING THEM TO SETTLE FOR A PASTURE VIA THE ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT TEAR DOWN OF THE AIRCRAFT CARBURETOR INDICATED CARBURETOR FLOAT FAILED INFLIGHT. THIS INVESTIGATION REMAINS OPEN. (-23) ENGINE FAILURE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.