# Accident 19990116045389A: Cessna 182P, Umpire, AR, January 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1999, 11:30 local time
- Place: Umpire, AR
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 34.2790° N, 94.0508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Umpire, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2790&lon=-94.0508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1933N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1933N-2004-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990116045389A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON DECEMBER 16, 1998, APPROXIMATELY 1130 CST, A CESSNA 182 AIRPLANE, N1933N, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE, THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT STARTED TO DESCENT NEAR UMPIRE, ARKANSAS. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  DURING APPROACH TO LANDING, AIRCRAFT STRUCK A LIVE POWER LINE WITH NOSE LANDING GEAR.  THIS GEAR COLLASPED ON IMPACT, RESULTING IN DAMAGED TO THE WINGS, FUSELAGE AND FIREWALL. THE RIGHT FLAP AND RIGHT AILERON WAS DAMAGED BY UPPER POWER LINE.  PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE IO-470 ENGINE REVEALED THAT A CONNECTING ROD FAILED AND PENETRATED THE ENGINE CASE FORWARD LEFT CYLINDER.  PLAN TO INSPECT POWERPLANT IN MORE COORDINATED BY NTSB.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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