# NTSB CHI83LA066: Cessna 182N, N9180G, Jeffersonville, IN, December 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 30, 1982, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Jeffersonville, IN
- Location: 38.2776° N, 85.7372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jeffersonville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2776&lon=-85.7372&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71191
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71191/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA066

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, climb - to cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9180G-2013-05-22), registration cancelled 2013-05-22, S/N 18260720, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260720
- Airframe hours: 1251
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821230065119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821230065119A), Dec 30, 1982: Cessna 182N, Jeffersonville, IN, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climb to cruise. Tried to make nearby airport but landed in a field. Carb heat not used on run-up.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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