- Date
- June 26, 1983, 13:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lufkin, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2550GCessna 182B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830626026729A
- Case key
- 20947
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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
While en route, the eng began surging. All instruments had normal indications, except the manifold pressure & tachometer were varying as the eng surged. The acft began losing alt, so the plt elected to land on a highway. He landed in front of several cars, but was unable to stop before closing on another vehicle that had slowed down ahead. He turned off the highway to avoid the vehicle & went thru a ditch & hit a chain link fence. Water was found in the fuel sys. An exam of the fuel tanks revealed there were ridges in the bottom of the tanks. The fuel cells were removed & evidence was found that the ridges were about 1/8 inch in height. The fuel cell bladders were originally installed at the time the acft was manufactured in 1959.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2550G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51850
- Airframe hours
- 2,395
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Elijah Jackson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1982
- Departed
- CXO · Conroe, TX
- Destination
- OCH · Nacogdoches, TX
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 695 total · 695 in this make and model · 572 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.