- Date
- October 3, 1992, 19:00 local (Oct 4, 1992, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8773TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921003040149A
- Case key
- 15598
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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 pilot stated after the third parachute jumper exited the aircraft, he '...continued at reduced power and started to glide down...for landing. As I was starting a long final approach I saw that I would need power to maintain the glide slope. There was no response when I advanced the throttle.' Attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful and the pilot made a forced landing. A post-accident engine run was performed. The FAA inspector stated the engine started normally and ran smoothly during the test. Impact damage to the propeller precluded a full power run-up. Temperature and dew point conditions were favorable for serious carburetor icing at glide power settings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8773T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52673
- Airframe hours
- 3,062
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Paradise Skydivers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Paradise Skydivers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 28, 1992 · 23 hours before
- Airport
- C57 · Mcbride Field
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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,115 total · 20 in this make and model · 842 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 12 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.