# Accident 20180527015069A: Cessna 182, Aberdeen, ID, May 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2018, 16:20 local time
- Place: Aberdeen, ID
- Airport: Aberdeen
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9783° N, 112.7919° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9783&lon=-112.7919&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5700B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5700B-2019-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 382 total, 104 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180527015069A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED FROM KRTS AND PLANNED TO FLY TO UO2. WHILE ENROUTE THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO AVOID SEVERE WEATHER AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE PILOT STATED HE DETERMINED THE ORIGINAL FLIGHT TO BE 3 HOURS AND 3 MINUTES DURATION REQUIRING APPROX. 36 GALLONS FOR THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT DEPARTED WITH 55 GALLONS ONBOARD WHICH IS GREATER THAN THE REQUIRED RESERVE FOR VFR FLIGHT. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT TO KBYI AIRPORT,  WHILE TURNING TO THE FINAL DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE ?STUTTERED A FEW TIMES?, THE PILOT VERIFIED FUEL ON BOARD AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE FUEL. THE ENGINE THEN CUT OUT AT WHICH TIME HE ADJUSTED HIS AIRCRAFT AIRSPEED TO BEST GLIDE. THE PILOT SAID HE ?PUSHED MIXTURE FULL RICH, SAID OUT LOUD ?FUEL ON BOTH? AND VERIFIED THAT FUEL WAS ON BOTH?. THE PILOT SAID THE ENGINE WOULD ONLY RUN INTERMITTENTLY, STATING THAT SINCE THE ENGINE WAS NOT RELIABLE AND HE WAS LOSING ALTITUDE THAT HE ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD.  AT THAT TIME THE PILOT SAID HE ?PULLED THE MIXTURE TO LEAN?, ?CLOSED THE FUEL VALVE AND TURNED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH?.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN THE FIELD BUT DID NOT HAVE TIME AND ALTITUDE TO ALIGN WITH THE FURROWS PLOWED IN THE FIELD; THE RESULT WAS THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ACROSS THE FURROWS CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO USE THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WITHIN REACH AND AND THAT AFTER THE FLIGHT HE REMEMBERED THAT HE DID NOT USE CARB HEAT.

## 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 WPR18LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA149), May 27, 2018: Cessna 182 (N5700B), Aberdeen, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat while operating in conditions conducive to carburetor icing, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power and a subsequent forced landing and nose-over.

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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