- Date
- March 4, 1988, 01:10 local (06:10 UTC)
- Place
- Norwalk, OH
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84118Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880304004579A
- Case key
- 7712
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rptd that he was cruising at 9,000 ft when he observed the EGT gauge indication dropping. The engine began to run rough and he noticed a fuel odor in the cabin. The carb air temp gauge was indicating 'well out of' the icing range. He selected carb heat, but the engine did not respond. He then shut the carb heat off. The engine eventually lost pwr altogether. ATC provided radar vectors to a nearby arpt but the acft crashed into trees about 1 mi from the arpt. Post-crash exam of the acft revealed no evidence of any pre-existing mech failure/malfunction. Two spark plugs were removed and found to be wet w/fuel. During a subsequent test-run, the engine developed full pwr. The plt had been repeatedly advised of icing conditions in clouds and precip along his route of flt during pre-flt & in-flt wx briefings. A few minutes before the pwr loss, he rptd to a fss that he was in 'heavy snow'. He was not IFR rated. 16 hrs of his logged actual inst time were listed as PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84118
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18267854
- Airframe hours
- 2,008
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerard Del Giudice
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- DPA · Chicago, IL
- Destination
- CLE · Cleveland, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OH21 · Norwalk Huron County
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 450 in this make and model · 410 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 33 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 N84118 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.