- Date
- May 18, 1982, 20:45 local (May 19, 1982, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Backoo, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2195CCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 69864
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Analysis
The pilot flew to the vicintiy of his destination by following the path of recent showers. He was a farmer and was interested in the amount of standing water. He had arranged to fly over a friend's house so the friend would pick him up at the airport. After flying over the house and heading for the airport, the engine began running rough. The pilot enriched the mixture, but only momentarily applied carburetor heat. Neither seemed to change the way the engine was running, so he elected to land on a road near the friend's house. Reportedly, he had operated the engine at 16 inches manifold pressure and 2100 RPM for the entire flight and made no changes in his power setting. While landing on a road with a right cross wind, the left gear encountered a soft shoulder. The plane veered into a ditch, then flipped over. An examination of the aircraft and engine revealed no pre-impact malfunctions. The temperature was 59 degrees; at that temperature, carburetor icing conditions would be probable in moist air.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2195C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18031314
- Airframe hours
- 25,106
- Engine
- Continental O-470-J, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Burel Lane
- Registered owner
- Burel Lane
- Departed
- ND59 · St. Thomas, ND
- Destination
- ND06 · Cavalier, ND
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 904 total · 18 in this make and model · 742 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK, 50 nm away