- Date
- July 13, 1985, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- North Canton, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3920DCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850713030969A
- Case key
- 13138
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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 preflight, engine runup and initial takeoff were uneventful. At approx 600 ft AGL the engine sputtered for two or three seconds then stopped. The pilot turned back toward the runway but was too low. He crash landed in a gravel quarry after clipping power lines. No engine abnormalities were noted during a subsequent engine teardown. The reason for the engine failure could not be determined. The operator believed that either the mixture control had backedoff during the climb ot that the parachutist in the front rt seat had inadvertently pulled the mixture off with a piece of her equipment during the climb, causing the power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3920D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34620
- Airframe hours
- 4,285
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Canton Air Sports, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Rodger E. Conley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 5, 1985 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- 54D · Canton
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 318 total · 8 in this make and model · 193 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.