- Date
- February 1, 1987, 21:05 local (Feb 2, 1987, 03:05 UTC)
- Place
- East Troy, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N71383Cessna 182M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870201001599A
- Case key
- 13725
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft was cruising at approximately 2000 feet AGL when the engine began running rough. The plt stated that he added carburetor heat and leaned the mixture, but the engine continued to run rough. The plt elected to make a precautionary landing in an open field. The pilot successfully landed and taxied out of the field onto a street and attempted to takeoff from a road in a subdivision during dark night light conditions. He stated the acft had just becomeairborne when the nosewheel struck upward sloping ground in a vacant lot. The takeoff was aborted and the acft came to rest on the slope.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71383
- Reported as
- Cessna 182M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259599
- Airframe hours
- 3,226
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sky Knights Sprot Parachute Cb
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 28, 1986 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- 52C · Cottage Grove, WI
- Destination
- 57C
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,161 total · 533 in this make and model · 1,047 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 23 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.