# NTSB CHI84FA292: Cessna 182A, N6021B, Henryville, IN, July 13, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 13, 1984, 07:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place: Henryville, IN
- Coordinates: 38.549331, -85.780517 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5493&lon=-85.7805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12412
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84FA292
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12412/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA292

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - pre-flight
  - maintenance,inspection - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - maintenance,compliance with ad - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - maintenance,annual inspection - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft service - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - ignition system - failure,total (cause)
  - ignition system,magneto - deteriorated (cause)
  - ignition system,ignition coil - cracked (cause)
  - maintenance,compliance with ad - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - wire,transmission
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT'S ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS THIRTEEN YEARS OVERDUE AND THE PILOT HAD NOT LOGGED ANY FLIGHT TIME INN ALMOST ONE YEAR. TWENTY EIGHT AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES HAD NOT BEEN COMPLIED WITH. THE ENGINE QUIT SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF, WHEN THE MAGNETO COILS HEATED UP AND ARCED THRU LARGE CRACKS IN THE PLASTIC COATING.  THIS MALFUNCTION WAS THE SUBJECT OF ONE OF THE AD'S.  THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH UNMARKED HIGH TENSION POWERLINES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6021B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6021B-2012-11-29), registration cancelled 2012-11-29, S/N 34021, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34021
- Airframe hours: 1937
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-0470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Garry D. Patte
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 3, 1970, 12 hours before
- Departed: SER, SEYMOUR, IN
- Destination: JVY, JEFFERSONVILLE, IN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 511 total, 1 in this make and model, 475 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LOU, 30 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 19840713032479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840713032479A), Jul 13, 1984: Cessna 182A, Henryville, IN, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during attempted emergency landing after engine failure. Aircraft had not been inspected since 1970.

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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