# NTSB ATL86FKG03: Cessna 182P, N66RD, Hawkinsville, GA, October 21, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 21, 1985, 18:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place: Hawkinsville, GA
- Coordinates: 32.280307, -83.470191 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2803&lon=-83.4702&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6989
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86FKG03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6989/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FKG03

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - emergency procedure - continued, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - window,flight compartment window/windshield - smoke
- Fire, descent - emergency
  - engine assembly - fire (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263963
- Airframe hours: 1711
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851021052829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851021052829A), Oct 21, 1985: Cessna 182P, Hawkinsville, GA, Destroyed. Landed on a road because of engine power loss but fire engulfed aircraft. No cause found for power loss or fire.

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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