- Date
- June 17, 1988, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Garden City, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9836HCessna 182R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880617070009A
- Case key
- 22653
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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 pilot was inspecting some areas to be sprayed and also a road to be used as an airstrip for his aerial spraying. After a low pass over the road at reduced power, he advanced the throttle but the engine would not respond. During the forced landing in rough terrain, the airplane rolled into a dirt pit that was covered by tall grass. Inspection revealed that the carburetor drain plug threads were dirty and the drain plug was missing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9836H
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268057
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Bruton Aerial Spraying Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bruton Acrial Spraying, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 25, 1988 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- Garden City, 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 16,800 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9836H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.