- Date
- March 4, 2006, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Gilliam, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8519TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- FAA report
- 20060304002999A
- Case key
- 63298
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Probable cause
The loss of engine power due to carburetor ice. Contributing factors were the pilot's failure to use carburetor heat and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 315-hour private pilot, having accumulated 53 hours in the accident airplane, reported that while descending at the completion of a local flight, propeller and throttle controls were not responding. The pilot recognized that he would not be able to reach the airfield and elected to land in a plowed field. While slowing the airplane down and lowering the flaps to 40 degrees, the airplane reached approximately 55 knots and the stall warning horn sounded. The airplane impacted the ground, bounced forward, the nose landing gear assembly collapsed, and the airplane came to rest in the inverted position. Information from a carburetor icing probability chart showed that carburetor icing was possible at glide and cruise power with the ambient temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit and a dew point of 37 degrees Fahrenheit. The pilot reported not using carburetor heat during the descent.
Factual narrative
The 315-hour private pilot, having accumulated 53 hours in the accident airplane, reported that while descending at the completion of a local flight, propeller and throttle controls were not responding. The pilot recognized he would not be able to reach the airfield and elected to land in a plowed field. While slowing the airplane down and lowering the flaps to 40 degrees, the airplane reached approximately 55 knots and the stall warning horn sounded. The airplane impacted the ground, bounced forward, the nose landing gear assembly collapsed, and the airplane came to rest in the inverted position. Information from a carburetor icing probability chart showed that carburetor icing was possible at glide and cruise power with the ambient temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit and a dew point of 37 degrees Fahrenheit. The pilot reported not using carburetor heat during the descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8519T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52419
- Airframe hours
- 2,307
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Geaslin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 2006 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- LA54 · Gilliam, LA
- Destination
- LA54 · Gilliam, LA
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 315 total · 53 in this make and model · 255 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.22 inHg
- Observed at
- KDTN, 18 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.