- Date
- February 4, 1983, 13:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Napa, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9907MCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830204005299A
- Case key
- 23609
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The passenger, who was the owner of the acft, preflighted the acft & stated the fuel tanks were over half full. The plt also noted that both fuel gauges read over half full. The flt departed oakland at 1310. About 10 mi from Napa the plt briefly applied carb heat at 2,500 ft. about 2 min later he reapplied carb heat, reduced power to 15 inches & descended to pattern altitude. At 1340, while on short final, the plt attempted to add power but the eng failed to respond. The acft made a forced landing in a soft dirt field within 1 mile of the rwy. The acft was not recovered from the accident site until 5 or 6 weeks after the accident. No fuel was found in the left tank & about 4 gals was drained from the right tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9907M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264803
- Airframe hours
- 1,521
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- D.E. Douglas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1982 · 71 hours before
- Departed
- OAK · Oakland, CA
- Airport
- APC · Napa County, runway 6, 5,007 × 150 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,268 total · 945 in this make and model · 1,131 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APC, 1 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.