- Date
- May 3, 1989, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- St. Xavier, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3410SCessna 182G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890503010749A
- Case key
- 17705
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering for a forced landing following a failure of the number two piston. Contributing to the accident was smoke in the cockpit.
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 private plt was looking for cows on his ranch, at 200 ft AGL, with 20 deg flaps. The plt said he flew the acft through a light rain shower. The plt said the engine began to miss, and he reduced pwoer. The acft began losing altitude and he added power. The engine quit and smoke entered the cabin. The plt said he banked the acft and it stalled. The acft struck the ground and the nose gear collapsed. The wing struck sage brush and the acft nosed down. A post accident engine teardown provided evidence that the number two piston disintegrated. The log books showed that the piston had been in service 662 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3410S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255810
- Airframe hours
- 3,384
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Montana-Wyoming Systems, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bill Glasser
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 22, 1988
- Departed
- NONE
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,425 total · 1,400 in this make and model · 1,425 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 40 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N3410S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.