- Date
- March 14, 1992, 18:09 local (23:09 UTC)
- Place
- Norfolk, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5119DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920314006269A
- Case key
- 11719
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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 pilot was overflying the chesapeake bay, descending to his destination when the engine lost power. The flight had been airborne for 3.5 hours and the pilot was about 12 miles north of the airport out of 4000 feet leveling off at 2000 feet when the engine lost power. He unsuccessfully tried to restart the engine and he ditched the airplane in the bay. The aircraft damage precluded determination of the fuel aboard at the time of the accident. The pilot reported that he had 4.5 hours of fuel aboard for the flight. The examination of the airplane did not disclose evidence of mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5119D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51219
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William T. Parsons
- Registered owner
- William T. Parsons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1992 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- TAN · Taunton, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,150 total · 1,804 in this make and model · 2,066 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORF, 12 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.