# NTSB investigations: Cessna 182J: Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ATL01LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA037.md): Cessna 182J · Durham, NC · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 10, 2001 · N2968F · Substantial damage
  > The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Conditions for carburetor icing were present at the time of the accident.
- [NTSB ATL94LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94LA085.md): Cessna 182J · Athens, AL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 1994 · N2945F · Substantial damage
  > The mechanic's failure to properly install an access plug which resulted in the loss of engine oil pressure.
- [NTSB BFO93LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA044.md): Cessna 182J · Putnam, CT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 7, 1993 · N3035F · Substantial damage
  > Inadequate compliance with applicable air worthiness directives, leaky fuel cap seal, water contamination of the fuel, and wrinkles in the fuel tank bladders that interfered with the ability to drain water from the tanks.
- [NTSB LAX90LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90LA183.md): Cessna 182 · Santa Ynez, CA · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 19, 1990 · N3157F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to properly preflight the aircraft and secure the fuel system caps which resulted in fuel siphoning and loss of engine power.
- [NTSB MKC87LA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA061.md): Cessna 182J · Archie, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 1987 · N3124F · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that, after refueling with auto gas at the pvt airstrip, water was found in the fuel being drained fm the sumps. After rocking the acft several times and noting no further water accumulation in the fuel samples, the plt further stated, a…
- [NTSB MIA85LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA160.md): Cessna C-182J · Loughman, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 27, 1985 · N2892F · Substantial damage
  > The acft was towing a banner at 500 ft alt when the engine lost power. The pilot amde an emergency landing in a sandy field and the acft nosed over. The acft had flown 1 hr 15 min with the fuel tank selector on 'both'. The acft took off with a total of aprx…
- [NTSB CHI84LA391](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA391.md): Cessna 182J · Medina, OH · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 15, 1984 · N3058F · Substantial damage
  > Acft had been fueled for aprx 4 hrs endurance. Two hrs into flt on IFR flt plan, plt descended to 3000 ft with intermittent visual ground contact. Shortly thereafter, with the acft about 10 mins from destination, the engine began to sputter. Plt stated he…
- [NTSB CHI83LA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA084.md): Cessna 182 · Wheaton, IL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 16, 1983 · N3318F · Substantial damage
  > While in cruise flight at 2500' AGL the carburetor ice warning light came on. The pilot applied carburetor heat and the light went out. After the light went out the pilot returned the heat to 'off.' The pilot repeated the above sequence and when the light…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072722')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 353))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

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