- Date
- September 10, 1983, 19:50 local (Sep 11, 1983, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- S. Lake Tahoe, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4812DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 23852
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
According to the flt instructor (CFI), he & the student took off with 21 gal of fuel on board. Aprx 1.3 hrs. Later, the eng lost power as the student turned onto final apch for a landing. The CFI took control of the acft & made a forced landing on a river bank short of the rwy. Just before touchdownm the acft hit a tree, then after landing, it came to rest in the river, nose down, in 1 to 2 ft of water. No preimpact/part failure or malfunction was found. According to the plt's operating handbook, the eng would consume 12 gal/hr at 65% power at 8000 ft. the student stated that the acft had flown 4 hrs since the fuel tanks were topped off. The plane had a total usable fuel capacity of 55 gal.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4812D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34912
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger Mcclellan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- TVL · South Lake Tahoe, runway 36, 8,544 × 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,101 total · 58 in this make and model · 995 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVL, 1 nm away