# Accident 20001008037369A: Cessna 182D, Noblesville, IN, October 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Noblesville, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0839° N, 86.0347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0839&lon=-86.0347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8907X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8907X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001008037369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENGINE QUIT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING WITH NO INJURIES TO PERSONNEL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. (.19) ON OCTOBER 8, 2000, AT 1545 EST, A CESSNA 182, N8907CX, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED ALNDING TO A FIELD NEAR NOBLESVILLE, INDIANA, FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED GRANDVIEW, MISSOURI, AT 1345 EDT ENROUTE TO THE WYANDAT COUNTY AIRPORT, UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CHI01LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA003), Oct 8, 2000: Cessna 182 (N8907X), Noblesville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: Carburetor icing and the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning by his delayed use of carburetor heat. A factor associated with the accident was the unsuitable terrain.

## Other reports on N8907X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19801011067289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801011067289A), Oct 11, 1980: Cessna 182D (N8907X), Lawrence, KS, Substantial damage. Vibration in nose wheel on landing. Used abrupt up elevator, ballooned, stalled,hit runwa. Substantial damage.

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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