- Date
- June 29, 1991, 06:17 local (12:17 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N21420Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910629024919A
- Case key
- 18106
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper maintenance of the aircraft. Factors were: a loose oil filter and loss of engine oil.
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 departed Albuquerque, NM, en route to redlands, CA, via prescott, AZ. As the airplane climbed through 350 feet, the pilot retarded the propeller control to a climb power setting. The tachometer needle started fluctuating so he returned the propeller control to the takeoff power setting. Rpms began to decay, making sustained flight impossible. The pilot made a forced landing on a rough field and the airplane nosed over. Postaccident inspection revealed oil streaking the length of the airplane from a loose oil filter. According to the engine logbook, the owner pilot changed the engine oil and filter two days before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21420
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18261629
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Varek, Michael G., doing business as Happy Hoods
- Registered owner
- Varek, Michael G.
- Destination
- L12 · Redlands, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,559 total · 110 in this make and model · 1,559 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 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.