- Date
- August 27, 1984, 16:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Crawfordsville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2124RCessna 182G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840827048589A
- Case key
- 12756
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Analysis
Plt stated that while en route the generator circuit breaker popped and attempts to reset it proved futile. A loss of pwr occurred later in the flt and a forced landig was made in a field during which the acft was damaged. No fuel was found in the acft after the accident occurred. Plt stated he forgot to refuel the acft before departing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2124R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255324
- Airframe hours
- 3,575
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James A. Southerland, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 14, 1983 · 125 hours before
- Departed
- 1H2 · Effingham, IL
- Destination
- AID · Anderson, IN
- Airport
- CFJ · Crawfordsville
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 465 total · 175 in this make and model · 459 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF, 24 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 N2124R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.