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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182S · Everglades, FL · April 21, 2011

Date
April 21, 2011 · 18:45 local
Place
Everglades, FL
Airport
Everglades Air Park
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N984PD
Reported as
Cessna 182S
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Airman experienced a rough running engine two to three miles southeast of the field. Joined downwind flying at 400 feet. While turning base in the turn airspeed disipated and rate of decent increased. As aircraft was turning final, airman felt he was closing in on the trees located on the approach end to 15. He added power to reduce the decent, the engine responded. Airman landed long approximatley with less than 1/3 of the runway remaining. Due to only several feet left of runway aircraft came to a stop in the water. Once aircraft was pulled out of the water it was inspected by the FAA. Water damage to the engine had already taken place.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE TWO TO THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE FIELD. JOINED DOWNWIND FLYING AT 400 FEET. WHILE TURNING BASE IN THE TURN AIRSPEED DISIPATED AND RATE OF DECENT INCREASED. AS AIRCRAFT WAS TURNING FINAL, AIRMAN FELT HE WAS CLOSING IN ON THE TREES LOCATED ON THE APPROACH END TO 15. HE ADDED POWER TO REDUCE THE DECENT, THE ENGINE RESPONDED. AIRMAN LANDED LONG APPROXIMATLEY WITH LESS THAN 1/3 OF THE RUNWAY REMAINING. DUE TO ONLY SEVERAL FEET LEFT OF RUNWAY AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE WATER. ONCE AIRCRAFT WAS PULLED OUT OF THE WATER IT WAS INSPECTED BY THE FAA. WATER DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE HAD ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.