- Date
- September 11, 1988, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit Lakes, MN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2616RCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880911038019A
- Case key
- 14162
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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
During the initial climbout, as the aircraft climbed through approximately 200' AGL, the powerplant failed completely. The pilot executed a forced landing in an plowed field, substantially damaging the aircraft. Post-accident examination of the engine revealed that 'the no. 1 piston had broken up then was nearly pulverized by internal impacts.' The remaining pistons were intact. Dye penetrant inspection revealed fracture development in the casting split line in the no. 2 piston 'identical to the fracture location of no. 1 piston.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2616R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8258316
- Airframe hours
- 3,012
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Benson, Robert C.
- Registered owner
- Benson, Robert C
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- DTL · Detroit Lakes, MN
- Destination
- HIB · Hibbing, MN
- Airport
- DTL · Detriot Lakes, runway 13, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 199 total · 192 in this make and model · 143 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 12 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAR, 39 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.