- Date
- January 20, 1986, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carthage, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N973JMCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860120007899A
- Case key
- 7056
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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
While on final approach for landing the pilot advanced the throttle to adjust his final approach path and the engine lost power. The aircraft impacted the ground short of the runway and flipped inverted. The engine was later test run and performed to manufacturers specifications. However, the carburetor airbox which regulates the carburetor heat was improperly repaired by redrilling a hole in the control arm attachment point. It could not be determined what effect this had upon the operation of the carburetor heat control due to the damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N973JM
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266734
- Airframe hours
- 1,007
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tony Gordon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HKS · Jackson, MS
- Airport
- 08M · Carthage-Leake Co, runway 17, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,915 total · 351 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.