# Accident 20030208003269A: Cessna 182Q, Lafayette, GA, February 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2003, 12:47 local time
- Place: Lafayette, GA
- Airport: Barwick Lafayette Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6928° N, 85.2947° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6928&lon=-85.2947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1415C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1415C-2008-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 40 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030208003269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LIFT-OFF, ENGINE STARTED LOSING POWER. UNABLE TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD. STARTED SHALLOW LEFT BANK. CLIPPED A TREE AND LANDING GEAR CAUGHT RIDGE LINE OF ROOF OF NEARBY HOUSE. AIRPLANE ROTATED TO ALMOST VERTICAL AND NOSED INTO THE ROOF AND THROUGH THE ATTIC STOPPING JUST SHORT OF THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR. NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THE AIRPLANE OR THE HOUSE. AIRPLANE WAS AT 9A5 TO HAVE SOME REPAIRS DONE TO THE AVIONICS, SUCH AS (1) FRONT PANEL PULLED OUT (2) REPLUMBED PITOT SYSTEM (3) REPLACED RIGHT NAV LIGHT (4) FIXED STALL WARNING (5) REPLACED TAIL LIGHT BULB. PILOT DID COMMENDABLE JOB OF STEERING AIRPLANE SO AS TO MINIMIZE INJURIES/FATALITIES. BENCH TEST OF CARBURETOR REVEALED STUCK FLOAT WHICH CAUSES FUEL STARVATION.

## 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 ATL03LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA042), Feb 8, 2003: Cessna 182 (N1415C), LaFayette, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: In flight loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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