# Accident 20050227020279A: Cessna 182P, West Milford, NJ, February 27, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2005, 13:04 local time
- Place: West Milford, NJ
- Airport: Greenwood Lake Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1325° N, 74.3403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1325&lon=-74.3403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6685M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6685M-2007-09-12) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050227020279A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 IAD05FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05FA040), Feb 27, 2005: Cessna 182P (N6685M), West Milford, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel ice, during the initial climb after takeoff.

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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