- Date
- May 20, 1990, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Evans, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2411GCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900520016699A
- Case key
- 11595
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Probable cause
Failure of the engine due to carburetor float chaffing resulting in a forced landing on unsuitable terrain. Contributing to the accident was failure of the operator to comply with a service bulletin.
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.
Analysis
The plt reported the engine lost power and attempts to restart the engine was unsuccessful. The plt attempted a forced landing on open field, but at 50 ft AGL the engine restarted. The plt started climbing, but soon afterwards the engine lost power again. The plt landed in trees where the acft came to rest in a nose-down attitude. Post-accident examination of the acft revealed evidence that the molded-cellular type carburetor float was chafing against the internal walls of its chamber. Autogas was used in the acft. A service bulletin was in effect which indicated instances that the molded-cellular type floats had absorbed fluid. The bulletin recommended changing to metal floats.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2411G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51711
- Airframe hours
- 3,229
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- John Bruffey
- Registered owner
- Bruffey Flying Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1990 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- I18 · Ravenswood, WV
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,848 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 3,625 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PKB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.