# NTSB ATL83LA195: Cessna 182P, N52848, Nashville, TN, May 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 22, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6069
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6069/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA195

## 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
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52848-1985-06-19), registration cancelled 1985-06-19, S/N 18262894 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18262894
- Airframe hours: 1785
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830522022979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830522022979A), May 22, 1983: Cessna 182P, Nashville, TN, Substantial damage. Engine quit on the takeoff climb. Aircraft flipped over on the forced landing. Found water in the fuel.

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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