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FAA accident report · Cessna 182P · West Milford, NJ · February 27, 2005

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Date
February 27, 2005 · 13:04 local
Place
West Milford, NJ
Airport
Greenwood Lake Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N6685M
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD05FA040
Reported as
Cessna 182P
Reported engine
Continental O470*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total
N6685MRegistration cancelled Sep 12, 2007 · Cessna 182PS/N 18263799 · Built 1975Airframe modelCessna 182PEngine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) On feb 27, 2005, at approximately 1300 hrs this aircraft departed runway 06 at Greenwood Lake Airport climbed to approximately 50 feet and returned to the runway. The aircraft departed the runway flew off a 50 foot embankment, hit electric power lines the hitting several trees and coming to a stop inverted in a wooded area approximately 75 feet from airport rd. the aircraft was destroyed by an explosion and fire that followed the crash. NTSB and FAA conducted investigations. A witness stated that this aircraft had not flown in six months. The airport security tape shows the aircraft being cleaned of snow then being pushed into a heated hangar. One hour later the aircraft is removed from the hangar clear of snow. The PIC sumps the fuel system and rocks the wings and sumps the wings. The pre flight outside of the hangar takes five minutes. The fuel system was inspected and the fuel drained from the carb was cloudy. The gasgalator contained ice. This flight was a biannual flight review.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON FEB 27, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HRS THIS AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 06 AT GREENWOOD LAKE AIRPORT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY FLEW OFF A 50 FOOT EMBANKMENT, HIT ELECTRIC POWER LINES THE HITTING SEVERAL TREES AND COMING TO A STOP INVERTED IN A WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET FROM AIRPORT RD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE THAT FOLLOWED THE CRASH. NTSB AND FAA CONDUCTED INVESTIGATIONS. A WITNESS STATED THAT THIS AIRCRAFT HAD NOT FLOWN IN SIX MONTHS. THE AIRPORT SECURITY TAPE SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT BEING CLEANED OF SNOW THEN BEING PUSHED INTO A HEATED HANGAR. ONE HOUR LATER THE AIRCRAFT IS REMOVED FROM THE HANGAR CLEAR OF SNOW. THE PIC SUMPS THE FUEL SYSTEM AND ROCKS THE WINGS AND SUMPS THE WINGS. THE PRE FLIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE HANGAR TAKES FIVE MINUTES. THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS INSPECTED AND THE FUEL DRAINED FROM THE CARB WAS CLOUDY. THE GASGALATOR CONTAINED ICE. THIS FLIGHT WAS A BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB IAD05FA040Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportWest Milford, NJThe pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel ice, during the initial climb after takeoff.Feb 27, 2005 · Destroyed