# Accident 20040725026419A: Cessna 182A, Noblesville, IN, July 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2004, 17:00 local time
- Place: Noblesville, IN
- Airport: Noblesville Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0384° N, 86.0142° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0384&lon=-86.0142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3708D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3708D-2004-09-23) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 188 total, 76 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040725026419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM LENAWEE COUNTY AIRPORT, MI (ADG) TO INDIANAPOLIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, IN (UMP) AT 8500 FT. THE PILOT SAW A LOWER CLOUD LAYER COMING UP IN FRONT OF HIS INTENDED COURSE, SO HE DESCENDED TO 6500 FT. TO BE UNDER IT AND STAY VFR. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT, THINGING HE WAS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, DECIDED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT DOWN AT NOBLESVILLE AIRPORT, WHICH WAS NEARBY. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT TURN ON CARBURETOR HEAT. ON APPROACH, THE PILOT FOUND HIMSELF TO BE LONG AND FAST WITH A FENCE LINE AND FURTHER AWAY, HOMES COMING UP, SO HE DECIDED TO GO AROUND TO THE LEFT. HE RAISED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TRIED TO ADD POWER BUT HAD NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. IN A LEFT TURN, WITHOUT POWER, THE LEFT WING TIP IMPACTED A SOY BEAN FIELD WHICH WAS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. IT CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO SWING AROUND A LITTLE AND THE MAIN GEAR HIT THE GROUND, THEN THE RIGHT WING TIP. THE NOSE GEAR THEN BROKE AWAY CAUSING THE NOSE TO DIG IN AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS 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 CHI04CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA194), Jul 25, 2004: Cessna 182A (N3708D), Noblesville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to select carburetor heat and his failure to maintain airspeed resulting in a stall. Factors were unstabilized approach the aircraft's low altitude, and the weather conditions…

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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