# Accident 20090220000969A: Cessna 182A, Caldwell, ID, February 20, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2009, 11:00 local time
- Place: Caldwell, ID
- Airport: Caldwell Industrial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6419° N, 116.6358° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6419&lon=-116.6358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4729D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4729D-2010-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 220 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090220000969A

## Narrative

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

02/20/2009, 1057 LCL (MST) N4729D C-182 WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO EUL (CALDWELL, ID).  PILOT AND PAX REPORT THAT THEY WERE TOO LOW TO MAKE THE AIRPORT, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO CHANGE TO ENGINE RPM. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A PLOWED FIELD, BOUNCED OVER AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD HITTING THE AIRPORT CHAIN LINK FENCE AND COMING TO STOP ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY INVERTED.  THE PILOT AND PAX EXITED ACFT AND WERE TREATED AT THE SCENE FOR MINOR INJURIES.  FSDO INSPECTOR WAS ON SCENE WITHIN THE HOUR.

## 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 WPR09CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA121), Feb 20, 2009: Cessna 182 (N4729D), Caldwell, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to carburetor icing as a result of the pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat before reducing power and his failure to clear the engine during a prolonged glide.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.