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FAA accident report · Cessna 182 · Mccall, ID · April 25, 2003

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Date
April 25, 2003 · 11:00 local
Place
Mccall, ID
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5595B
Reported as
Cessna 182
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total500 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days
N5595BRegistered now · Cessna 182S/N 33595 · Built 1956Airframe modelCessna 182Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot operated above overcast and became trapped on top. He found himself in the clouds and the aircraft airframe iced up. He soon lost control and went into a spiral toward the ground. When he broke out, he found himself over a lake. He regained control and tried to fly the aircraft around the area of the lake. The aircraft was loaded with ice and was on the verge of a stall at full power. He landed the aircraft along the shoreline of the lake in about 12 feet of snow. The left main mount was torn away from the aircraft and it flipped over onto the top as it dug through the snow. Pilot suffered head injuries and facial cuts.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT OPERATED ABOVE OVERCAST AND BECAME TRAPPED ON TOP. HE FOUND HIMSELF IN THE CLOUDS AND THE AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME ICED UP. HE SOON LOST CONTROL AND WENT INTO A SPIRAL TOWARD THE GROUND. WHEN HE BROKE OUT, HE FOUND HIMSELF OVER A LAKE. HE REGAINED CONTROL AND TRIED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT AROUND THE AREA OF THE LAKE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOADED WITH ICE AND WAS ON THE VERGE OF A STALL AT FULL POWER. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ALONG THE SHORELINE OF THE LAKE IN ABOUT 12 FEET OF SNOW. THE LEFT MAIN MOUNT WAS TORN AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND IT FLIPPED OVER ONTO THE TOP AS IT DUG THROUGH THE SNOW. PILOT SUFFERED HEAD INJURIES AND FACIAL CUTS.