- Date
- May 19, 1984, 13:48 local (20:48 UTC)
- Place
- Big Bear City, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N756BSCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840519017749A
- Case key
- 23956
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Just after takeoff, shortly after landing gear retraction, the eng backfired and experienced a total power loss. The plt lowered the landing gear and landed straight ahead just off the rwy. The acft bounced once and came to rest in a city park. It immediately caught fire. The two occupants escaped from the acft, but were seriously burned. Inspection of the engine following the accident showed evidence of overheating. There were indications on all spark plugs of heavy deposits of lead and oil. The spark plugs were not gapped consistantly. The electrodes were gray in color. Tests conducted on the plugs revealed that the majority failed to fire at high manifold pressures. The density altitude was approximately 10000 ft MSL. The plt stated that on run-up the engine ran rough, but leaning the mixture helped. He stated that he adjusted the mixture to full rich for takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756BS
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1032
- Airframe hours
- 6,137
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Morton B. Weiner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1983 · 1,472 hours before
- Departed
- L35 · Big Bear City, CA
- Destination
- TOA · Torrance, CA
- Airport
- runway 7, 5,850 × 75 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 803 total · 276 in this make and model · 710 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBD, 23 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.