- Date
- February 6, 1988, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Weatherford, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N52536Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880206016709A
- Case key
- 22612
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A used eng had just been installed in the acft and the owner and mech were performing a functional test flt. Shortly after takeoff at about 300 ft AGL, the eng lost power. The plt pumped the throttle and the eng restarted but immediately quit again and would not restart. The plt attempted to land on the takeoff rwy in the opposite direction; however, there was another acft on final apch for landing and the plt completed the forced landing in a wooded area beside the rwy. An FAA a/w inspector examined the wreckage and found evidence of water contamination in the acft fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52536
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262661
- Airframe hours
- 1,540
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Steven M. Pearson
- Registered owner
- Pearson, Stephen M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 2, 1984
- Departed
- WEA
- Destination
- WEA
- Airport
- WEA · Parker County, runway 35, 2,900 × 40 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,200 total · 500 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.