- Date
- May 4, 1980
- Place
- Heflin, AL · HEFLIN, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9986BCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800504013579A
- Case key
- 131160
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0603 80/5/4 HEFLIN,AL CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 25, 153 TIME - 1315 N9986B PX- 0 0 0 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 98 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HEFLIN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HEFLIN,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SPORT PARACHUTE.MIXTURE CONTROL HOUSING DISCONNECTED FROM RETAINING CLAMP AT CARBURETOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9986B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Heflin Muni
N9986BRegistration cancelled Dec 1, 2014 · Cessna 182AAirframe modelCessna 182AEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.