- Date
- April 4, 1992, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Stanton, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2171GCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920404008779A
- Case key
- 18471
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Probable cause
Power loss for undetermined reasons. A factor was soft terrain.
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
During a daytime VFR approach to the runway, there was a total loss of engine power. An emergency forced landing was executed into a soft field and during the landing roll the airplane nosed over. The availibilty of fuel to the engine was verified and an engine test run revealed no anomalies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2171G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51471
- Airframe hours
- 3,230
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Berry, Brent L.
- Registered owner
- Berry, Brent L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1992 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- 63F
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 398 total · 110 in this make and model · 344 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MAF, 21 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.