- Date
- March 26, 1992, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Little Rock, AR
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5529SCessna R182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920326007529A
- Case key
- 18466
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Probable cause
The complete loss of engine power due to carburetor icing, and the pilot's delayed application of carburetor heat. Factors were the weather conditions which were highly conducive to carburetor icing, and the unsuitable terrain at the pilot's disposal to execute a successful forced landing.
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 established on final approach to the destination airport when the engine started to run rough. Despite efforts by the pilot to remedy the situation, including application of carburetor heat, the engine lost power. A forced landing was made in a muddy field. During rollout the nose wheel dug into the soft ground, partially collapsing the nose wheel assembly and causing the airplane to nose over on its back. Weather conditions at the time of the accident were highly conducive to carburetor icing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5529S
- Reported as
- Cessna R182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1821597
- Airframe hours
- 2,326
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Houseworth, doing business as Smith House, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Donald Houseworth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1992 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- HKA · Blytheville, AR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LIT · Adams Field, runway 18, 5,124 × 150 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 220 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LIT, 2 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.