- Date
- April 6, 1989, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Luthersville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5458BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890406006479A
- Case key
- 7886
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to take action that would prevent the formation of carburetor ice. Following the engine malfunction, the pilot did not configure the airplane so as to reduce the severity of the impact, I.e. extend the flaps and slow the airplane. Contributing to the accident was the lack of a requirement by the FAA for the autogas STC holder to publish carburetor icing probability imformation.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5458B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18233458
- Airframe hours
- 3,061
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- William H. Beddow
- Registered owner
- Ralph C Bagwell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1989 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 3M6 · Huntsville, AL
- Airport
- Flying N, runway 16, 3,000 × 50 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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 900 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 30 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.