# Accident 19990304001999A: Cessna 182C, Conway, AR, March 4, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1999, 17:30 local time
- Place: Conway, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 35.0694° N, 92.3595° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0694&lon=-92.3595&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8645T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8645T-2000-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990304001999A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LOST POWER WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AND LANDED SHORT IN THE TREES, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERING NEAR RUNWAY/GROUND.  ENGINE LOST POWER.  AIRCRAFT GLIDED INTO 40'-50' TALL TREES AND TERMINATED ITS FLIGHT INVERTED ON THE GROUND.  LEFT WING TANK HAD NO FUEL UPON POST CRASH INSPECTION.  RIGHT WING TANK CONTAINED FUEL AND FUEL SELECTOR VALVE TO RIGHT TANK (UPON POST CRASH INVESTIGATION).  PILOT HELD, AT ONE TIME, A STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE THAT HAD EXPIRED FUBRUARY, 1997.

## 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 FTW99LA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA089), Mar 4, 1999: Cessna 182C (N8645T), Conway, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to carburetor ice. Factors were the weather condition conducive to the formation of carburetor ice and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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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