- Date
- October 21, 1985, 18:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Hawkinsville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66RDCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851021052829A
- Case key
- 6989
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Forced landing
Emergency procedure - continuedFactor
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Window,flight compartment window/windshield - smoke
Fire
Engine assembly - fireFactor
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
The acft caught fire during a forced lndg after losing eng power during cruise. The plt approached a hi-way for landing and smoke filled the cockpit. During rollout fire came thru the firewall and the plt evacuated the moving acft. The unoccupied acft continued off the road where it collided with a tree & burned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66RD
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263963
- Airframe hours
- 1,711
- Engine
- Continental O-470 S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J. Burton Cousar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1985 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- AYS · Waycross, GA
- Destination
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Airport
- 51A · Hawkinsville Pulaski Co
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,093 total · 15 in this make and model · 2,968 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.