- Date
- July 2, 1989, 13:38 local (18:38 UTC)
- Place
- Elmendorf, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5827BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890702019029A
- Case key
- 22893
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Probable cause
Pilot's decision to discontinue the use of carburetor heat, in carburetor icing conditions, that led to a complete loss of power at an altitude insufficient for a safe landing on the airport.
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 reported that he detected a loss of power during the desent to land that carburetor heat seemed to correct. He discontinued the carburetor heat after a short period of time and the engine failed on final approach at approximately 500 feet AGL. The icing probability chart indicates that existing conditions were conducive for carburetor icing and the spark plugs showed evidence of an over rich condition. The engine ran without problem when installed on another aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5827B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33827
- Airframe hours
- 2,936
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Skydive San Antonio, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 29, 1988 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Elmendorf, TX
- Airport
- Midlake (Pvt), runway 17, 2,600 × 200 ft, grass/turf
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 710 total · 460 in this make and model · 616 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAT, 18 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.