# Accident 19980306002849A: Cessna 182P, Pioche, NV, March 6, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1998, 08:45 local time
- Place: Pioche, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0994° N, 114.3796° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0994&lon=-114.3796&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6799M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6799M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,455 total, 476 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980306002849A

## Narrative

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

ONTOP FL140. ENGINE QUIT DUE INDUCTION ICE. SPIALED THRU CLOUDS. BROKE OUT 200 FT AGL. CRASH LANDED IN TIGHT AREA. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING WHICH INFORMED HIM OF OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS ALONG THE ROUTE OF FLIGHT AND THAT VFR WAS NOT RECOMMENDED.  HE THEN FILED A VFR FLIGHT PLAN.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS FLYING ON TOP OF AN OVERCAST LAYER ABOUT 14,500 FEET MSL WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE CARBURETOR AIR TEMPERATURE GAUGE NEEDLE WAS MOVING INTO THE  YELLOW CAUTION ZONE AND THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING A LITTLE ROUGH.  HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND NOTED THAT THE AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE WAS AT 0 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND THERE WERE WATER RIVULETS RUNNING FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WING, IN CLEAR AIR.  HE STATED THAT HE THEN REALIZED THAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CONDUCIVE TO CLEAR AIR ICING.  THE NEEDLE OF THE CARBURETOR AIR TEMPERATURE GAUGE MOVED BACK INTO THE  YELLOW CAUTIONARY AREA ALTHOUGH THE CARBURETOR HEAT WAS FULL ON.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT STATED THAT, 'IT WAS IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THE CARBURETOR HAD FAILED BECAUSE OF ICING.'  HE THEN MADE A FORCED LANDING TO A MOUNTAINOUS                                    AREA AND COLLIDED WITH ROUGH TERRAIN DURING THE LANDING ROLL. (-23) ON 03-06-98, CESSNA 182P, N6799M, WAS OPERATING VFR ON TOP AT APPROXIMATELY 14,100 FEET MSL, ON A AVFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM CHANDLER, ARIZONA TO ELY, NEVEDA.  NUMEROUS ADJUSTMENTS WITH THE CARBURETOR HEAT WERE MADE BY THE PILOT TO KEEP THE CARBURETOR HEAT WITHIN THE PROPER RANGE UNDER THE CONDITIONS.  THE PILOT THEN OBSERNVED VISIBLE MOISTURE PASSING UNDER THE WING AREA, AND FURTHER OBSERVED THE OAT GAUGE TO BE READING 0 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.  SHORTLY AFTER THE ABOVE OBSERVATION, THE ENGINE QUIT, DUE TO POSSIBLE ENGINE ICING.  AN EMERGENCY SPIRALING DESCENT WAS INITIATED INTO IMC CONDITIONS WHEREAS THE AIRCRAFT BROKE OUT INTO VMC CONDITIONS AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL, ALLOWING JUST ENOUGH TIEM TO PICK AN EMERGENCY LANDING SITE, AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A 75X100 FOOT OPENING AMONGST THE TREES.  UPON IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM FUSELAGE AREA, ENGINE COWLING, NOSE GEAR, LEFT WING AND BOTH WING TIPS DESTROYED.  BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER ESCAPED FROM THE ACCIDENT UNHARMED.

## 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 LAX98LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA107), Mar 6, 1998: Cessna 182 (N6799M), Pioche, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing. An additional factor in this accident was the pilot's decision to make the flight under known icing conditions.

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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