- Date
- December 12, 1969
- Place
- New Albany, IN · NEW ALBANY, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N71886Cessna 182M
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149079
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3455 69/12/12 NEW ALBANY,IND CESSNA 182M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 676 TIME - 2210 N71886 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAPS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AKRON,OHIO TELL CITY,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DRAIN PLUG FELL OUT OF CARB FLOAT BOWL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71886
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Haps
N71886Registration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Cessna 182MAirframe modelCessna 182MEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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Other investigations on N71886 · 1
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