- Date
- May 26, 1990, 07:38 local (11:38 UTC)
- Place
- Clare, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3632UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900526017549A
- Case key
- 14674
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Probable cause
Improper maintenance by maintenance personnel resulting in a sticking carburetor float. Inadequate planning by the pilot in command during the approach is a factor in the accident.
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 accident airplane collided with a fence during a landing attempt. The personal flight was on short final when the engine lost power at an altitude that did not allow the airplane to reach the runway. A post accident inspection of the engine revealed in intermittent sticking float in the carburetor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3632U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255032
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John D. Allen
- Airport
- 48D · Clare Muni, runway 8, 2,500 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.