# NTSB CHI88LA235: Cessna 182K, N2616R, Detroit Lakes, MN, September 11, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 11, 1988, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Detroit Lakes, MN
- Coordinates: 46.809181, -95.839355 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8092&lon=-95.8394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14162
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA235
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14162/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA235

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, takeoff - initial climb
  - engine assembly,piston - failure,total (cause)
  - emergency procedure - initiated
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2616R-1989-03-14), registration cancelled 1989-03-14, S/N 18258316 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Registry model: [Cessna 182K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (registry code 2072724) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8258316
- Airframe hours: 3012
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880911038019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880911038019A), Sep 11, 1988: Cessna 182K, Detroit Lakes, MN, Substantial damage. Engine failed on climbout. Crash landed trying to make a open field. NR1 piston had broken up and was pulverized.

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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