# NTSB ATL88LA100: Cessna 182P, N84118, Norwalk, OH, March 4, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 4, 1988, 01:10 local (06:10 UTC)
- Place: Norwalk, OH
- Coordinates: 41.239807, -82.609474 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2398&lon=-82.6095&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7712
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7712/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA100

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - hazardous weather advisory - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - induction air control,air filter/screen - blocked(total) (cause)
  - induction air control,alternate air/door - closed (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84118-2008-01-03), registration cancelled 2008-01-03, S/N 18261854, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267854
- Airframe hours: 2008
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880304004579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880304004579A), Mar 4, 1988: Cessna STC182, Norwalk, OH, Substantial damage. Engine lost power en route IFR in heavy snow. Crashed into trees short of an airport. Indicates air intake icing.

## Other investigations on N84118 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI86LA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA145), May 27, 1986: Cessna 182P (N84118), Platteville, WI, substantial damage

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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