# NTSB DEN88LA179: Cessna 182P, N182AD, Casper, WY, August 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1988, 09:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place: Casper, WY
- Coordinates: 42.859985, -106.770889 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8600&lon=-106.7709&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17523
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA179
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17523/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA179

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, climb - to cruise
  - fuel system,carburetor - binding(mechanical) (cause)
  - fuel system,carburetor - leak (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

DRG FLT AFTER AN ANNUAL INSPN, THE ENG LOST POWER AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING TO CRUISE. ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENG WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS LANDED ON ROUGH/ROCKY TERRAIN WHERE IT NOSED OVER. WHEN THE ENG WAS BEING CHECKED AFTER THE ACDNT, A SIGNIFICANT FUEL LEAK WAS NOTED FROM THE CARBURETOR. THE CARBURETOR WAS REPLACED, THEN AN ENG RUN WAS MADE WITH NO DISCREPANCIES. THE ORIGINAL CARBURETOR HAD INDCNS OF A STUCK FLOAT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N182AD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N182AD-1991-04-16), registration cancelled 1991-04-16, S/N 18264270 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264270
- Airframe hours: 3037
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Operator: John R. Forehand
- Registered owner: Episcopal Diocese Of Wyoming
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 15, 1988, 1 hours before
- Departed: CPR, CASPER, WY
- Destination: LAR, LARAMIE, WY

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,856 total, 900 in this make and model, 2,657 as pilot in command, 67 in the last 90 days, 31 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CPR, 36 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880808031439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880808031439A), Aug 8, 1988: Cessna 182P, Casper, WY, Substantial damage. Engine failed on level off. Crash landed in rocky terrain. Carburetor float had stuck creating over rich mixture.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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