# Accident 20080507836139A: Cessna 182L, Louisville, KY, May 7, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2008, 09:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2233° N, 85.6581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2233&lon=-85.6581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42116, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42116-2009-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080507836139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BOWMAN AIRFIELD WITH 80 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. 10 MILES OUT PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND HE WAS RETURNING TO BOWMAN AIRFIELD. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER PILOT REPORTED HIS ENGINE HAD STOPPED ABRUPTLY WITH THE PROPELLER VERTICAL AND WAS UNABLE TO RESTART. HE NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE WAS GOING INTO THE TREES AS HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STALL AND THE LEFT WING CLIPPED A TREE AND THEN THE RIGHT WING CLIPPED A TREE. AIRCRAFT LANDED VERTICALLY WITH THE PROPELLER IMPACTING FIRST AND THE THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ENDING UP UPSIDE DOWN. AIRCRAFT HAD 68 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING, NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS MOVED TO ATLANTA, GA FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLE ENGINE TEARDOWN AND ANALYSIS.

## 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 MIA08LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA097), May 7, 2008: Cessna 182L (N42116), Louisville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total fatigue failure of the No. 5 piston during climb.

## Other reports on N42116 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19761209038029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761209038029A), Dec 9, 1976: Cessna 182L (N42116), Hickory, NC, Substantial damage

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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