# Incident 20010506010419I: Cessna 182D, Canton, AL, May 6, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: Canton, AL
- Airport: Gragg-Wade Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8789X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8789X) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 100 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010506010419I

## Narrative

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

(-23)MISHAP PILOT WAS FLYING FIRE LINE BETWEEN RIDGES ON CHANDLER MOUNTAIN. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OPERATED APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES BEFORE THE INCIDENT.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND THEN QUIT.  SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RESTART THE ENGINE.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART  AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD.  MINOR DAMAGE  TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND TAIL DRAG STRIP OCCURRED WHEN THE PILOT HARD LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE AFTER EMERGENCY LANDING, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START.  THE FUEL TANKS WERE LEFT 3/4 FULL, RIGHT 1/4 FULL AND THE AUXILIARTY TANK WAS 3/4 FULL.  AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT FUEL TRANSFER WAS IN-PROGRESS, FROM AUXILIARY TO RIGHT MAIN, AND THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE WAS SELECTED TO LEFT TANK.  THE FUEL TANKS, SUMPS, AND FILTER'S WERE INSPECTED FOR CONTAMINATION, SMALL TRACES OF FUEL BLADDER SHAVINGS IN THE FILTER SCREEN.  TRACE AMOUNTS IN CARBURETOR FILTER.  ENGINE WAS RUN AND HAD EXCESSIVE VIBRATION 800-1200 RPM.  THE ENGINE HAD BEEN OPERATED FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 HOURS SINCE COMPLETE OVERHAUL.  OWNER IS SHIPPING ENGINE TO REPAIR STATION FOR WARRANTY EXCHANGE.  THE FAA WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH REPAIR  STATION TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL DAMAGE.

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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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