- Date
- April 18, 1982, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Salem, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13226Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820418010169A
- Case key
- 72460
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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
After returning from a local flight, the engine lost power before landing. The plane crashed about 35 ft from the approach end of runway 27. Two telephone poles were damaged. The wind was gusting to 35 knots. An examination of the engine revealed a malfunction of the carburetor float. The pilot reported that the float stuck open and flooded the engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13226
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262589
- Airframe hours
- 1,018
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kenneth D. Koons
- Registered owner
- Kenneth D. Koons
- Departed
- 8G8 · Salem, OH
- Destination
- 8G8 · Salem, OH
- Airport
- 8G8 · Koons, runway 27, 1,800 × 75 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
- 70
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 1 in this make and model · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 30 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 131 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.