# Accident 20080802842599A: Cessna 182L, Westerly, RI, August 2, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2008, 10:00 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3497° N, 71.8033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3497&lon=-71.8033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42366, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42366-2012-11-07) (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 O470*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 690 total, 212 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC08CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080802842599A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 02, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 (EDT), A CESSNA CE-182L, N42366 BEING FLOWN BY A PRIVATE PILOT ON A PERSONAL TRIP MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT EMERGENCY WATER LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHILE HE WAS INBOARD ON A TWO MILE ENTERING LEFT BASE FOR WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT, RI.  (WST) RUNWAY 07, HE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ENGINE POWER LOSS JUST AS HE APPLIED ENGINE CARBURETOR HEAT.  THE AIRCRAFT GLIDED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE AND IMPACTED THE PAWCATUCK RIVER APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM WESTERLY STATE AIRPORT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN IN THE BRACKISH WATER OF THE PAWCATUCK RIVER APPROXIMATLEY 10 FEET DEEP.  THE IMPACT RESULTED IN BUCKLING OF THE RIGHT WING FORWARD, MID AND AFT SPAR TO INCLUDE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING INTERNAL STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS.

## 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 NYC08CA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA268), Aug 2, 2008: Cessna 182L (N42366), Westerly, RI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of power due to a partial blockage of the air induction system.

## Other reports on N42366 (2)

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

- [Incident 19810520034899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810520034899I), May 20, 1981: Cessna 182L (N42366), Simsbury, CT, Minor damage. Pilot overshot landing and hit curb at end of runway braking off nose wheel.
- [Accident 19780604014239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780604014239A), Jun 4, 1978: Cessna 182 (N42366), Man,Wv, WV, Substantial damage. Steep apch,t/d hard in 3-PT attitude,bounced,hit hard on nosewheel.n solo endorsement.

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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