# NTSB CHI87DEE01: Cessna 182E, N3205Y, Plainfield, IL, October 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1986, 10:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place: Plainfield, IL
- Coordinates: 41.669948, -87.990783 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6699&lon=-87.9908&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- ADs cited in the narratives: [AD 84-10-01 R1](https://openairdocs.org/ad/84-10-01-R1) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13550
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87DEE01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13550/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DEE01

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system - contamination (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - water (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE PERFORMED A 'THOROUGH' FUEL SYSTEM PREFLIGHT BY DRAINING THREE CLEAR FUEL SPECIMENS FROM EACH WING AND THE BELLY DRAINS. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO WATER CONTAMINATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM. FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY OF WATER WAS FOUND IN THE WING TANKS AND THE GASCOLATOR. AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 84-10-01 WAS ACCOMPLISHED BY PLACARDING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WITH THE REQUIREMENT TO MOVE THE WING UP AND DOWN PRIOR TO DRAINING THE SUMPS. THE PILOT DID NOT STATE THAT THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3205Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254205
- Airframe hours: 916
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Paul R Sobol
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 30, 1986, 2 hours before
- Departed: 1C5, PLAINFIELD, IL
- Destination: 1C5, PLAINFIELD, IL
- Airport: IC5, Clow, runway 18, 3,370 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 370 total, 370 in this make and model, 270 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DPA, 14 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 19861005047649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861005047649A), Oct 5, 1986: Cessna 182E, Bolingbrook, IL, Substantial damage. The engine failed on takeoff. Water found in fuel tanks and gascolator. AD 84 10 01 complied with.

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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