- Date
- June 4, 1992, 21:23 local (Jun 5, 1992, 02:23 UTC)
- Place
- Coweta, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5381BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920604018459A
- Case key
- 18508
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Probable cause
The total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Factors were the darkness of the night and the lack of suitable terrain available to the pilot for the 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 departed on a cross country with scheduled landings at three airports. After departing the last scheduled stop, cruise was established at 1,800 feet. Fifteen minutes later, a popping sound was heard from the engine and about a minute later engine power was lost without further warning. The airplane impacted a tree prior to submerging in a river. The pilot stated that he had 25 gallons of fuel remaining prior to his last departure. Engine teardown failed to disclose any mechanical problem that would have prevented normal engine operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5381B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33381
- Airframe hours
- 3,029
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James D. Onyon
- Registered owner
- James D. Onyon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 25, 1991 · 146 hours before
- Departed
- H68 · Wagoner, OK
- Destination
- RVS · Tulsa, OK
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 175 total · 60 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 20 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.
Other investigations on N5381B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.