# NTSB FTW83LA227: Cessna 182P, N7044Q, Lonoke, AR, May 1, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1983, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Lonoke, AR
- Coordinates: 34.779628, -91.889907 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7796&lon=-91.8899&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 20896
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA227
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20896/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA227

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, climb - to cruise
  - fuel system,tank - inadequate (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
- Forced landing, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
  - terrain condition - crop

## Analysis

THE ENG QUIT AFTER TAKEOFF. THE ACFT CRASHED IN A WHEAT FIELD WHILE RETURNING TO THE ARPT. THE CARB WAS FOUND FULL OF WATER. THE ACFT SALVAGE OPERATOR REPORTED FINDING A LARGE QUANTITY OF WATER IN THE BLADDER-TYPE FUEL CELLS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7044Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7044Q-1985-03-15), registration cancelled 1985-03-15, S/N 18262020 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18262020
- Airframe hours: 1737
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aerie, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1982, 22 hours before
- Airport: Tidwell Airstrip, runway 36, 3,000 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,400 total, 980 in this make and model, 1,400 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LIT, 18 nm away

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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