# NTSB ATL83LA079: Cessna 182P, N7228Q, Batesville, MS, December 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 30, 1982, 15:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place: Batesville, MS
- Coordinates: 34.310337, -89.929901 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3103&lon=-89.9299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69890
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69890/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA079

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,tank - inadequate (cause)
  - acft/equip,inadequate airframe, manufacturer (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

DURING TAKEOFF ENGINE QUIT AT 250 FEET. PILOT LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD IN AN OPEN FIELD. AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. WATER WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL. NO WING TANK DRAINS WERE INSTALLED. TANKS WERE LEFT FOR SIX WEEKS WITH FUEL LEVEL AT HALF FULL. AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED OUTSIDE. TORRENTIAL RAINS HAD FALLEN IN THE AREA TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF THEWING CELLS REVEALED RIDGES & RIPPLES IN THE BLADDER TANKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7228Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 182262052
- Airframe hours: 1030
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Roy H. Sawyer
- Registered owner: Roy H. Sawyer
- Departed: 0M6, BATESVILLE, MS
- Destination: 0M6, BATESVILLE, MS
- Airport: 0M6, Panola County, runway 1, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: unknown; flight hours: 2,045 total, 400 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 36° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 113 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821230065439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821230065439A), Dec 30, 1982: Cessna 182P, Batesville, MS, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Flipped over on emergency landing. Water in fuel. Airplane sat outside 6 weeks in heavy rain

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.

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