# NTSB BFO86FA016: Cessna 182R, N9962H, Manassas, VA, March 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 1, 1986, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11202
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO86FA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11202/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO86FA016

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, climb - to cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - residence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WITNESSES OBSERVED BLACK SMOKE TRAILING FROM THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF AND CONTINUE UNTIL GROUND IMPACT. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE FIRST NOTICED AN ENGINE ROUGHNESS ABOUT 100-200 FEET IN THE AIR AND THOUGHT IT WAS SIMILAR TO AN ENGINE THAT WAS RUNNING TO RICH. HE ELECTED NOT TO TRY AND ABORT THE TAKEOFF BUT TO TRY AND PERFORM A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN AND COME AROUND AND LAND AGAIN. POWER CONTINUED TO DECREASE WITH THE RESULT BEING THAT HE WAS FORCED TO ATTEMPT TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT IN A NEARBY FIELD, COLLIDING WITH THE ONLY HOUSE LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE FIELD. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE ENGINE DID NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED LOSS OF POWER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9962H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9962H-1998-02-24), registration cancelled 1998-02-24, S/N 18268146 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18268146
- Airframe hours: 834
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Theodroe R. Groom
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, January 10, 1986, 13 hours before
- Departed: W10
- Destination: W98, CHESTERFIELD, VA
- Airport: W10, Manassas Municipal, runway 34L, 3,700 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 228 total, 145 in this make and model, 188 as pilot in command, 55 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 32 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: IAD, 7 nm away

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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