- Date
- April 9, 1996, 19:10 local (Apr 10, 1996, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Welsh, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2385CCessna 182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960410006359A
- Case key
- 19800
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Probable cause
a loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the unsuitable terrain for the emergency 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 reported that immediately after lift-off (estimated 10 feet off the ground), the airplane's engine experienced a power loss. The pilot pulled the throttle back, and allowed the airplane to settle back down to the ground. The airplane overran the departure end of the runway and impacted an embankment and power lines. The cause of the loss of engine power could not be determined.
Factual narrative
On April 9, 1996, at 1910 central daylight time, a Cessna 182RG, N2385C, registered to and operated by a private owner under Title 14 CFR Part 91 was substantially damaged following a loss of power during takeoff near Welsh, Louisiana. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight was originating, at the time of the accident, from the Welsh Municipal Airport.
The pilot reported that "immediately after lift off (estimated 10 feet off the ground), [the airplane's engine] experienced power loss, [he] pulled power back, [and] allowed [the] aircraft to settle down to [the] ground." The airplane overran the departure end of the runway, and impacted an embankment and power lines subsequently damaging the wings, horizontal stabilizer, and the fuselage. The cause of the loss of engine power could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2385C
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200172
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank W. Lopez
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 6R1
- Airport
- 6R1 · Welsh, runway 6, 2,697 × 50 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,650 total · 120 in this make and model · 1,125 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.