- Date
- January 16, 1983, 13:22 local (19:22 UTC)
- Place
- Wheaton, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3318FCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830116001089A
- Case key
- 12070
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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
While in cruise flight at 2500' AGL the carburetor ice warning light came on. The pilot applied carburetor heat and the light went out. After the light went out the pilot returned the heat to 'off.' The pilot repeated the above sequence and when the light illuminated for the third time the engine stopped. The pilot stalled the aircraft when executing a forced landing. The hard landing caused damage to the engine firewall area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3318F
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257318
- Airframe hours
- 811
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence A. Sadlek M.D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ARR · Aurora, IL
- Destination
- MDW · Chicago, IL
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
- 77
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 203 total · 203 in this make and model · 203 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 6 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.