- Date
- July 31, 1982, 07:39 local (12:39 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N21254Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820731067519I
- Case key
- 72117
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot entered traffic pattern downwind as number 3 for landing. Traffic pattern spacing required a three mile final approach over lake winnebago. The pilot stated that there were two slower aircraft preceeding him and that spacing between aircraft was difficult to maintain. Full flaps and carburetor heat was applied and shortly thereafter the engine "started running rough". Full throttle was applied but the engine did not respond. The pilot attempted to turn out of the pattern and "the airspeed and altitude decreased quickly". The pilot then stalled the aircraft into the lake. Examination of the aircraft engine disclosed no malfunction to the engine operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21254
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261519
- Airframe hours
- 1,728
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edwin Pyle III
- Registered owner
- Edwin Pyle III
- Departed
- Covington, KY
- Destination
- Oshkosh, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- OSH · Wittman Field, runway 27, 5,215 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 378 total · 259 in this make and model · 327 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 40 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.
Other investigations on N21254 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.