# Accident 19980130000819A: Cessna 182E, Steamboat Spgs, CO, January 30, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1998, 13:28 local time
- Place: Steamboat Spgs, CO
- Airport: Bob Adams Field Routt County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4902° N, 106.8299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4902&lon=-106.8299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2804Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2804Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 222 total, 130 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980130000819A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. NOSED OVER LANDING IN OPEN FIELD. INDICATES CARBURETOR ICING THE CULPRIT. (.4)SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE LOST POWER.  THE PILOT REVERSED COURSE AND APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT.  WITH LITTLE ALTITUDE REMAINING AND FAILING TO RESTORE ENGINE POWER, THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A SNOW FIELD AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.  DURING THE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, THE PILOT FOUND NO WATER OR CONTAMINANTS IN THE FUEL SUMPS.  NO IRREGULARITIES WERE NOTED DURING THE PRETAKEOFF ENGINE RUN.  FULL POWER WAS ATTAINED DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, AND PERFORMANCE WAS TYPICAL FOR THE CONDITIONS.  THE PILOT TOLD AN FAA INSPECTOR THAT ICE MAY HAVE FORMED IN THE CARBURETOR.  AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE TEMPERATURE AT HAYDEN, COLORADO, LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, WAS 25 DEGREES F., AND THE DEW POINT 12 DEGREES F.  ACCORDING TO THE ICING PROBABILITY CHART, THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETOR ICING.  THE ENGINE WAS LATER FUNCTIONALLY TESTED.  DURING THE TEST, THE TEMPERATURE WAS 24 DEGREES F., AND THE DEW POINT WAS 20 DEGREES F.  THE ENGINE OPERATED SATISFACTORILY.  AFTER THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, TH                                                    ICK FROST WAS NOTED ON THE CARBURETOR HOUSING. ACCORDING TO THE ICING PROBABILITY CHART, THESE CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCTIVE TO CARBUREOTR ICING AT CRUISE POWER AND DURING A GLIDE.                                                (-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SBS, TAKE-OFF AND INITITAL CLIMB OUT WAS NORMAL.  AT 500-600 FEET AGL AIRCRAFT LOST POWER.  PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN POWER AND AIRCRAFT LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD AND FLIPPED OVER SUSTAINING MAJOR DAMAGE.  AT TIME OF ACCIDENT TEMP -4 DEGREE C DEW POINT -11 DEGREE C.

## 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 FTW98LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA115), Jan 30, 1998: Cessna 182E (N2804Y), Steamboat Sprng, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total nonmechanical power loss due to the formation of carburetor ice. A factor was the deep snow covered field on which the forced landing was made.

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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