- Date
- December 30, 1982, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Jeffersonville, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9180GCessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821230065119A
- Case key
- 71191
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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
The aircraft engine quit at 2500 feet after takeoff. The pilot could not restart engine. A forced landing was made in anopen field and the aircraft nosed over during the rollout. No reason for the engine power loss was determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9180G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260720
- Airframe hours
- 1,251
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William G. Ramsey
- Registered owner
- Kentucky Flying Service
- Departed
- Louisville, KY
- Destination
- Bowling Green, KY
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 802 total · 140 in this make and model · 473 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU, 5 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.