# Accident 20090523012249A: Cessna 182A, Skiatook, OK, May 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Skiatook, OK
- Airport: Skiatook Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3553° N, 96.0111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3553&lon=-96.0111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4892D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4892D-2017-05-23) (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 O470L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 total, 100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA325) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090523012249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED IN SKYDIVING ACTIVITIES; ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 9TH FLIGHT OF THE DAY; AIRCRAFT REFUELED IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.  PILOT REPORTED NORMAL TAKEOFF; AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET ALTITUDE THE PILOT OBSERVED LOSS OF AIRSPEED; NOTICED RPM WAS SLOWLY DECREASING AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE REMAINED CONSTANT.  PILOT TURNED LEFT AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD; LEFT WING CLIPPED A UTILITY POLE ON DESCENT; AIRCRAFT BECAME ENTANGLED IN UTILITY WIRES; AIRCRAFT LANDED; NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF; AIRCRAFT SPUN APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND CAME TO A FULL STOP; PILOT AND PASSENGERS EXITED AIRCRAFT.  FUEL SAMPLES WERE TAKEN FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND FUELING SOURCE; VISUAL INSPECTON OF AIRCRAFT FUELING SOURCE REVEAL A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER.  VISUAL INSPECTION OF SAMPLE TAKEN FROM REFUELING SOURCE NOZZLE APPEARED NORMAL; FUEL VENDER CHECKED API GRAVITY WEIGHT AND FOUND IT TO BE NORMAL.  AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS NOT MAINTAINED IAW OEM RECOMMENDED OVERHAUL SCHEDULE.  AIRCRAFT EXCEED ALLOWABLE GROSS WEIGHT ON TAKEOFF BY AS MUCH AS 150 POUNDS.

## 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 CEN09LA325](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA325), May 23, 2009: Cessna 182 (N4892D), Skiatook, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N4892D (1)

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

- [Incident 19950318012629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950318012629I), Mar 18, 1995: Cessna 182A (N4892D), Mobile, AL, 1 fatal. Rough engine on climbout. 4 jumpers chose to jump. One cutaway main. Unable deploy reserve. Fuel select bumped off.

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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