- Date
- May 2, 1983, 20:00 local (May 3, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Monticello, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3721DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830502018979A
- Case key
- 5909
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Analysis
The acft was damaged in a forced landing off arpt after a power loss at 500-600 AGL during climb. The engine would not restart. Post accident examination showed 3.5 ounces of water in the carburetor bowl with 1 ounce of fuel. The fuel tankcaps had good seals but the cap seats were rusty preventing a secure seal. The acft was kept outdoors. The maintenance logs for the acft indicated that the last annual inspection was completed on 5/2/81. The pilots medical certificate had expired in August 1982.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3721D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34421
- Airframe hours
- 2,584
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Maurice Hammett, doing business as 1085 Tucker Road
- Registered owner
- None
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1981 · 44 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Private Strip, runway 36, 3,000 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 89 total · 80 in this make and model · 74 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 55 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.