- Date
- July 6, 1990, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Miles City, MT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5665BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900706028369A
- Case key
- 17967
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to use carburetor heat during descent for landing, resulting in a loss of power.
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 pilot descended from 10,000 to 3,600 feet for landing. He said he extended the downwind leg for departing traffic and after turning final, the engine quit. The pilot attempted a restart to no avail. The plane struck a fence and landed short of the runway into a steep gravel bank. The engine compartment was folded under the fuselage and the cabin was crushed. The pilot's operating handbook states 'apply full (carburetor) heat before closing throttle.' The pilot said he used carburetor heat after the engine quit, to attempt the restart. The plane's co-owner said this engine was prone to load up during long descents, and 'would not take throttle.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5665B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33665
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Glen Wash, doing business as Flying W Air, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Destination
- MLS
- Airport
- MLS · Frank Wiley, runway 30, 5,602 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,987 total · 224 in this make and model · 1,937 as pilot in command · 116 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.