# NTSB ATL85LA122: Cessna 182L, N42616, Falmouth, KY, March 24, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 24, 1985, 13:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place: Falmouth, KY
- Coordinates: 38.669429, -84.330223 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6694&lon=-84.3302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 4 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6764
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6764/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA122

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - emergency
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - water
  - aircraft preflight - improper, pilot in command
  - weather condition - icing conditions
  - flight/nav instruments,airspeed indicator - ice
  - descent - initiated, pilot in command
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,carburetor - ice (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING FLT IN IMC CONDITIONS AT 9000 FT MSL, THE PLT NOTED A LOSS OF AIRSPEED INDICATIONS. HE REQUESTED & RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO DESCEND. DURING THE DESCENT, HE ELECTED TO DIVERT & RECEIVED VECTORS FOR A NEARBY ARPT. HOWEVER, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LEVEL OFF, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THE ENG. HE WAS UNABLE TO GLIDE TO AN ARPT & SUBSEQUENTLY WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A WOODED AREA. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES ON STEEP TERRAIN. AN INVESTIGATIONREVEALED THE SURFACE TEMP & DUE POINT WERE 50 & 38 DEG, RESPECTIVELY, THUS THE TEMP AT 9000 FT WOULD HAVE BEEN AT OR NEAR FREEZING. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CHARTS, CARB ICING CONDITIONS WERE PROBABLE DURING THE DESCENT FROM 9000 TO 3000 FT. ALSO, WATER WAS FOUND IN THE GASCOLATOR, BUT NO OTHER PREIMPACT PROBLEMS WERE FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42616](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42616-1992-04-24), registration cancelled 1992-04-24, S/N 18259108 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259108
- Airframe hours: 2259
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William G. Krider
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 12, 1984, 78 hours before
- Departed: I67, HARRISON, OH
- Destination: CLT, CHARLOTTE, NC
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial, military; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,700 total, 175 in this make and model, 1,250 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CVG, 32 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 19850324011439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850324011439A), Mar 24, 1985: Cessna 182L, Falmouth, KY, Destroyed. Engine quit during descent thru clouds. Carburetor and pitot heat not used. Engine quit, possible carburetor ice.

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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