- Date
- February 28, 1992, 09:55 local (14:55 UTC)
- Place
- Auburn, IN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2387GCessna 182B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920228006389A
- Case key
- 15398
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Probable cause
The improper maintenance and adjustment of the carburetor by other maintenance personnel.
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
While cruising at 9,000' MSL in instrument meteorological conditions, the pilot reported an engine misfire followed by a complete loss of power. He received a vector to the nearest airport but was unable to land on a runway and made a forced landing in a soft field. Examination of the engine disclosed no internal mechanical anomalies. Inspection of the carburetor revealed the float was set high (rich) and both the throttle shaft 'o' ring and accelerator pump rod screw were leaking, contributing to the rich fuel/air mixture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2387G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51-687
- Airframe hours
- 3,218
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pitsch Air Service
- Registered owner
- Pitsch Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1991 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- GRR · Grand Rapids, MI
- Destination
- TYS · Knoxville, TN
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,355 total · 30 in this make and model · 1,103 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 40 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.
Other investigations on N2387G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.