# Accident 20170423008509A: Cessna 182A, Ovid, NY, April 23, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2017, 12:50 local time
- Place: Ovid, NY
- Airport: Ovid
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6589° N, 76.7964° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6589&lon=-76.7964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9907B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9907B) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170423008509A

## Narrative

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

ON 4/23/2017 CESSNA 182A N9907B

SN: 34307, SUFFERED ENGINE FAILURE / LOSS OF POWER, AND LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT OVID AIRPORT (D82) AT 1250 EDT.

AIRCRAFT FLIPPED ONTO ITS ROOF AFTER LANDING. AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FIREWALL, BELLY, TAIL, AND WINGS.

PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUFFERED A CUT NOSE. INVESTIGATION AND WITNESS INTERVIEWS REVEALED THE FOLLOWING. AIRCRAFT WAS DESCENDING FROM 10,000 FEET IN A LEFT HAND CORKSCREW PATTERN IN A 45-60 DEGREE BANK ANGLE.

FUEL QUANTITY ON BOARD AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED. AT 1,000 FEET AIRCRAFT LEVELED OUT TO BEGIN APPROACH TO LANDING. AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED / LOST POWER AT THIS POINT.

AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN ADJACENT FIELD.

DISASSEMBLY OF AIRCRAFT FUEL GASCULATOR AND CARBURETOR INLET SCREEN REVEALED BOTH CONTAINED DEBRIS.

NO OTHER DEFECTS WERE NOTED ON AIRCRAFT ENGINE THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED. AT THIS TIME NO APPARENT VIOLATIONS OF 14 CFR HAVE BEEN NOTED.

## 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 ERA17LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA166), Apr 23, 2017: Cessna 182A (N9907B), Ovid, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The mechanic's failure to inspect and clean the carburetor fuel inlet screen during the airplane’s annual inspection, which allowed undetected debris and dirt to obstruct the fuel supply and resulted…

## Other reports on N9907B (3)

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

- [Incident 20030914032659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030914032659I), Sep 14, 2003: Cessna 182A (N9907B), Ovid, NY, 1 fatal. (-23) On Sunday, September 14, 2003, during skydiving activities from Ovid airport, Ovid NY, a fatal skydiving incident occurred. The jumper exited the…
- [Incident 19870516036829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870516036829I), May 16, 1987: Cessna 182A (N9907B), Ovid, NY, 1 fatal. The student parachutist impacted the ground. The main canopy cut away for unknown reasons. Reserve opened late.
- [Incident 19830731044029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830731044029I), Jul 31, 1983: Cessna 182 (N9907B), Elmire, NY, 1 fatal. Jumper killed when main chute deployed but was spinning. Reserved chute deployed. Unable to inflate his reserve.

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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