# Accident 20050309005379A: Cessna 182G, Fort Worth, TX, March 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 2005, 23:20 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Spinks Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5650° N, 97.3081° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5650&lon=-97.3081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2315R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2315R-2006-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 315 total, 235 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050309005379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 9, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 23:20 LCL, A CESSNA CE-182 AIRCRAFT, N2315R OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON A 14 CFR 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT LOST POWER DURING AN APPROACH TO SPINKS AIRPORT FORT WORTH, TX. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN MESQUITE TREES APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF SPINKS AIRPORT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED FUEL IN BOTH WING TANKS, MIXTURE, PROP CONTROL, AND THROTTLE CONTROLS WERE FULL IN AND CARB HEAT WAS PULLED TO THE ON POSITION. IT WAS NOTED THAT DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER WAS CONSISTENT WITH LITTLE OR NO POWER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE MESQUITE TREES.

## 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 DFW05LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05LA085), Mar 10, 2005: Cessna 182G (N2315R), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to carburetor ice. Contributing factors were the weather conditions conducive for carburetor icing, lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing, and the prevailing dark…

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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