- Date
- February 26, 1984, 11:53 local (19:53 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N31SRCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840226006749A
- Case key
- 24185
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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 total power loss occurred due to water contamination in the fuel. Water was found in the carburetor assembly after the accident. The pilot reported that he had drained 4 to 5 gals of fuel from each tank finding no water during the month preceding the accident. Prior to this flt fuel was drained from the engine drain as well as both wing tank drains and no water was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31SR
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263269
- Airframe hours
- 2,089
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R-25A, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Project Enterprise, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 13, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 085 · Redding, CA
- Destination
- 028 · Willits, CA
- Airport
- 085 · Benton Field, runway 33, 5,984 × 150 ft, dirt
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,438 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 3,225 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.