- Date
- January 1, 1991, 19:35 local (Jan 2, 1991, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Jerseyville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N735YNCessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910101000499A
- Case key
- 14978
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons and the icy runway conditions.
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
At night in VMC the pilot elected to make a low approach to determine runway conditions. Upon determining that the runway was ice covered, he attempted to go around, however the engine did not respond. A landing was initiated on the runway and after touchdown the engine responded and an aborted landing was initiated. During initial climb the engine lost power and an emergency landing was initiated on the remaining runway. The pilot was unable to stop the aircraft on the remaining runway and impacted a fence at the end of the runway. The pilot stated that the temperature was 26 degrees. He indicated that he had been using carburetor heat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735YN
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-65792
- Airframe hours
- 2,369
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerseyville Sport Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Jerseyville Sport Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 16, 1990 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- CSG · Columbus, GA
- Destination
- ALN · Alton, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 0K5 · Jerseyville Airport, runway 36, 2,500 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 123 in this make and model · 189 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft overcast
- Observed at
- CPS, 33 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.