# NTSB FTW82DA310: Cessna 182P, N5787J, Abbeville, LA, August 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1982, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Abbeville, LA
- Coordinates: 29.969478, -92.120178 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9695&lon=-92.1202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69675
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA310
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69675/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA310

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FERRY FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD OF TALL RICE. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RICE LEVEE AND NOSED OVER. THE SOURCE OF ENGINE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5787J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5787J-2006-11-01), registration cancelled 2006-11-01, S/N 18263535, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263535
- Airframe hours: 5487
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Operator: The Ne Coast Aviation Corporat
- Registered owner: The Ne Coast Aviation Corporat
- Departed: SBI, SABINE PASS, TX
- Destination: 0R3, ABBEVILLE, LA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 20,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 480 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles

## 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 19820802056929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820802056929A), Aug 2, 1982: Cessna 182P, Abbeville, LA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on ferry flight. Flipped over on forced landing in a field with tall grass. Cause of power loss unknown

## Other investigations on N5787J (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI04FA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA055), Jan 11, 2004: Cessna 182P (N5787J), Baudette, MN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional flight into adverse weather conditions, and his failure to maintain adequate terrain clearance. Contributing factors were the pilot's lack of an instrument rating, low…

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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