# Incident 20030527011439I: Cessna 182P, Hammond, LA, May 27, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2003, 13:00 local time
- Place: Hammond, LA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5060° N, 90.4549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammond, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5060&lon=-90.4549&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21189, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N21189) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030527011439I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT FROM MOBILE, AL. PILOT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT PRODUCING POWER, PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE I-12 MEDIAN WITH 2 PASSENGERS ONBOARD. PILOT THINKS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WATER IN THE FUEL. PILOT PERFORMED 6 FUEL SUMPS EVERY 3 MINUTES AND STARTED THE ENGINE WITH 3 FULL 10 MINUTE POWER RUNS. PILOT FLEW AIRCRAFT OFF OF THE I-12 HEADING EAST BOUND. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A PIECE OF SHIM STOCK HAD BEEN SUCKED INTO THE CARBURETOR AND LOGGED ITSELF INTO THE CARB SCREEN, WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LOSE POWER.

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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