- Date
- October 8, 1983, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Clarksville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4979DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831008053659A
- Case key
- 21172
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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
The acrt crashed into trees during a forced landing when the engine lost power during takeoff climb after a power reduction. The plt said he was too low to maneuver so he landed straight ahead into the trees. The plt suspected carburetor icing. The temperature was 76 degrees and the dew point was 64 degrees f which is conducive to carburetor icing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4979D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51079
- Airframe hours
- 6,046
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Trissell Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 3, 1983
- Airport
- CKV · Red River Co., runway 17, 3,000 × ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 500 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAL, 120 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.