- Date
- July 24, 1983, 20:20 local (Jul 25, 1983, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Seneca Rocks, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N737JACessna TR 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830724038759A
- Case key
- 5938
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with trees and the ground following a reported loss of power. The acft had completed a descent of 2000-3000 ft to observe rock formations and had commenced a climb when power loss occurred. The plt said the mixture wasleft in lean position and carburetor heat was not applied during the descent. When the power was advanced to 25 inches mp the power decreased to 22 inches after about 45 seconds without plt action. Complete power was never lost but the rising terrain trapped the acft. The engine ran normally in a post accident check. At the temperature/dew point combination of 71/58 deg f the probability of serious icing at glide power existed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737JA
- Reported as
- Cessna TR 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18200834
- Airframe hours
- 678
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joel F. Horn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- EKN · Elkins, WV
- Destination
- GAI · Gaithersburg, MD
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 320 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EKN, 90 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.