# Accident 20240828013509A: Cessna 182B, Hawi, HI, August 28, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2024, 11:43 local time
- Place: Hawi, HI
- Airport: Upolu
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.2649° N, 155.8518° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.2649&lon=-155.8518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2728B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2728B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,097 total, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC24LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240828013509A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 28, 2024, THE PILOT WAS CONDUCTING A SKYDIVING OPERATION IN A C182. AFTER SUCCESSFULLY DROPPING THE SKYDIVERS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 8,500 FEET, THE PILOT INITIATED A SPIRALING DESCENT TO 1,500 FEET WHILE MAINTAINING COMMUNICATION WITH HCF CENTER. UPON REACHING PATTERN ALTITUDE, THE PILOT CANCELED RADAR SERVICES AND CONTINUED COMMUNICATING ON THE CTAF FREQUENCY.

APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE AFTER CROSSING OVER SOLID GROUND AND WHILE ON THE BASE LEG OF THE LANDING APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE POWER LOSS. AT THIS TIME, THE AICRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL. THE PILOT EXECUTED THE EMERGENCY FLOW PROCEDURES BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE.

THE PILOT SELECTED AN OPEN FIELD THAT WAS INTO THE WIND FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PILOT NOTIFIED CENTER OF HIS EMERGENCY SITUATION AND PROCEEDED WITH THE LANDING ATTEMPT. THE FIELD HAD A SIGNIFICANT UPWARD SLOPE. THE PILOT APPROACHED THE LANDING SLOWLY, BUT UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN GEAR MADE A HARD CONTACT FOLLOWED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR CAUGHT ON A CONCEALED OBSTRUCTION, CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE PILOTS HEAD STRUCK THE DASHBOARD DURING THE IMPACT. UPON INSPECTION, AFTER EVACUATING THE PLANE IT SEEMS THAT THE OBSTRUCTION WAS A LARGE ROCK IN THE FIELD.

## 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 ANC24LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA084), Aug 28, 2024: Cessna 182B (N2728B), Hawi, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s loss of engine power due to carburetor ice that formed during a long descent, contributing to the outcome is the pilot’s delayed use of carburetor heat.

## Other reports on N2728B (1)

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

- [Accident 20051015033059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051015033059A), Oct 15, 2005: Cessna 182B (N2728B), Mokelumne Hill, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) The airframe (firewall) was damaged during a hard landing on a Private grass airstrip. The runway is 900 feet long and 80 feet wide with 80 foot trees on…

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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