- Date
- May 22, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N52848Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830522022979A
- Case key
- 6069
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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.
Analysis
The acft nosed over during a forced landing after the engine quit during takeoff at about 150 ft AGL. After the engine stoppage the pilot said he applied carburetor heat with no effect. A landing was made in a grain field straight ahead. During the landing roll the acft nosed over. 12 ounces of water was drained from the carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52848
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262894
- Airframe hours
- 1,785
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy A. Miles, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 1, 1982 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- M88 · Cornelia Fort, TN
- Airport
- M88 · Cornelia Fort, runway 22, 2,550 × 40 ft, dirt
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,824 total · 352 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 5 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.