# Accident 19980314003399A: Cessna 182A, Jacksonville, TX, March 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1998, 18:15 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, TX
- Airport: Cherokee County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9595° N, 95.2602° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9595&lon=-95.2602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2130G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2130G-1999-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 150 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980314003399A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LOST POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST ARPT, DID NOT MAKE IT, LANDED ON A GRASS STRIP. (-23) WEATHER SLIGHTLY OVERCAST - 4500 CLEAR BELOW THAT; ENGINE WAS GROUND RUN AFTER ACCIDENT AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL EXCEPT FOR ROUGH IDLING. CARBURETOR WAS REMOVED FOR TESTING. J & G CARBURETOR FOUND IDLE ADJUSTMENT WAS NOT NORMAL. HOWEVER, CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE AND ACCIDENT WAS NOT DETERMINED.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (-4)WHILE AT 2,000 FEET MSL, THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE RPM DECREASED TO IDLE, THEN SURGED SEVERAL TIMES, AND THEN WENT TO IDLE. THE PILOT 'PUT FULL MIXTURE AND FULL PROP,' AND 'RETARDED [THE] THROTTLE AND [THEN] POWERED [IT] BACK UP.'  HE THEN 'SWITCHED FUEL TANKS BUT NOTHING MADE ANY DIFFERENCE.'  HE SAW A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR A NORTH LANDING.  DURING THE LANDING ROLL HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE AIRCRAFT 'SEEMED TO SKID AND GO FASTER.'  THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE DEPARTURE END OF THE 1,960 FOOT WET GRASS RUNWAY, WENT THROUGH A FENCE, AND THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A TREE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ABOUT 150 FEET BEYOND THE TREE WITH THE ENGINE STILL OPERATING AT IDLE.  ON MARCH 17, 1998, THE ENGINE WHILE STILL IN THE AIRCRAFT, WAS STARTED AND RUN.  ACCORDING TO THE ENGINE MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE, 'THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY, EXCEPT AT IDLE WHERE IT WAS VERY ROUGH.'  THE CARBURETOR WAS REMOVED FROM THE ENGINE AND A TEARDOWN INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON MARCH 20, 1998.  NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED.

## 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 FTW98LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA146), Mar 14, 1998: Cessna 182A (N2130G), Jacksonville, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Factors were the poor braking conditions due to the grassy wet runway.

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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