# Accident 20210131012819A: Cessna T182T, Crescent City, CA, January 31, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2021, 11:44 local time
- Place: Crescent City, CA
- Airport: Jack Mc Namara Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8403° N, 124.1720° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8403&lon=-124.1720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N291FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N291FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A (registry code 42005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ak1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING TIO-540-AK1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 37,517 total, 97 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210131012819A

## Narrative

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

A CESSNA T182T, N291FR TOOK OFF FROM MEDFORD OR. AIRPORT FOR AN CROSS COUNTRY INSTRUCTION FLIGHT TO CRESCENT CITY CA. AIRPORT (CEC).

14 MILES BEFORE CEC AT 6000 FEET ALTITUDE THE ENGINES TURBO INLET TEMPERATURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, PILOT PUSHED MIXTURE IN, ENGINE THEN RAN ROUGH. PILOT SWITCHED MAGNETOS, TRIED TO LEAN ENGINE AND TURN ON BOOST PUMP. ENGINE THEN LOST POWER, AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DESCEND, PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY THEN DITCHED AIRCRAFT IN A MUDDY MARSH AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.

## 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 WPR21LA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA098), Jan 31, 2021: Cessna T182T (N291FR), Crescent City, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The partial loss of engine power due to the failure of both magneto capacitors.

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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