# Accident 20011006028639A: Cessna 182A, Chickasha, OK, October 6, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Chickasha, OK
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0628° N, 97.8953° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0628&lon=-97.8953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3862D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3862D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011006028639A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON OCTOBER 6, 2001, APPROXIMATELY 1100 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182-A AIRPLANE, N3862D, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY PEGASUS AIR SPORTS CENTER OF CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER IN THE VICINITY OF CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AIR DROP FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 1045 FROM THE RED HILL AIRPORT, CHICKASHA, OKLAHOMA, AND HAD DISPATCHED TWO PARACHUTISTS PRIOR TO THE LOSS OF POWER. (-23) ON FINAL, ENGINE STOPPED. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD NE OF THE RUNWAY TO AVOID POWER LINES. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED WHEN IT HIT AN INDENSION IN THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SLID FOR APX 90 FEET BEFORE FLIPPING ONTO IT'S BACK.

## 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 FTW02LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA009), Oct 6, 2001: Cessna 182A (N3862D), Chickasha, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a 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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