# Accident 20040105001179A: Cessna R182, El Dorado, AR, January 5, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2004, 18:25 local time
- Place: El Dorado, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2208° N, 92.8131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2208&lon=-92.8131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9318R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9318R-2008-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040105001179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 5, 2004, APPROXIMATELY 1825 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182RG, SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N9318R, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER APPROXIMATELY 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE SOUTH ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT AT GOODWIN FIELD (ELD), NEAR EL DORADO, ARKANSAS. THE PRIVATE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND THE PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHTS. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ELD, APPROXIMATELY 1815, AND WAS DESTINED FOR THE MEMPHIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, NEAR MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT 3,000 FEET MSL, HE SAW "SPARKS UNDER THE COWLING IN FRONT, AND LOST CYLINDERS #1, #2, AND #3." HE ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO ELD, BUT THE ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER, AND HE INITIATED A FORCED LANDING TO A FIELD. AN ON-SCENE EXAMINATION REVEALED THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE TOP OF A TREE APPROXIMATELY 35-40 FEET IN HEIGHT, BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A STEEL FENCE AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE ON A 115-DEGREE HEADING, APPROXIMATELY 113 FEET FROM THE TREE, AT A FIELD ELEVATION OF 141 FEET MSL. THE WRECKAGE DISTRIBUTION PATH MEASURED 242 FEET, AND WAS ALIGNED ON A HEADING OF 336 DEGREES. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE ENGINE REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE FIREWALL; THE LEFT WING WAS BENT UPWARDS APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES. THE RIGHT WING WAS BENT DOWNWARDS APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES OUTBOARD OF THE WING LEFT STRUT ATTACH POINT. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED FROM THE COCKPIT TO ALL FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES. THE FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR WERE FULLY RETRACTED. THE AIRPLANE WAS RECOVERED TO AIR SALVAGE OF DALLAS, LOCATED NEAR LANCASTER, TEXAS, FOR EXAMINATION AT A LATER DATE.

## 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 FTW04FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04FA057), Jan 6, 2004: Cessna 182RG (N9318R), El Dorado, AR, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The loss of engine power as a result of loss of engine oil due to the failure of the oil filter converter plate gasket and the noncompliance to an airworthiness directive. Contributing factors were…

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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