- Date
- July 18, 1987, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Warm Springs, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N169DPCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870718035239A
- Case key
- 7487
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
PIC dpted, intending to fly 0.5 hours on tach. Acft had 11 gals of fuel, 5 in left tank & 6 in right tank. PIC made left climbing spiral to 9000 feet and maneuvered in left turn around airport. On a long staight in, final appch eng quit at about 500 feet AGL. Acft hit trees short of rwy, stalled, & hit ground in nose low attitude. Fuel selector left in both position during flt. After crash right fuel tank was dry & left tank had 5 gal. Owners manual notes that unequal fuel consumption may occur if wings are not level.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N169DP
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34979
- Airframe hours
- 3,970
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brooks, William T
- Registered owner
- Duncan, James T
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1987 · 63 hours before
- Airport
- 5A9 · Roosevelt Memorial, runway 17, 3,000 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 274 total · 10 in this make and model · 205 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSG, 89 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.
Other investigations on N169DP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.