# NTSB LAX86FVD05: Cessna 182C, N9047T, Oakland, CA, March 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: March 2, 1986, 17:28 local (Mar 3, 1986, 01:28 UTC)
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Location: 37.7477° N, 122.2063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from OAKLAND SAN FRANCISCO BAY (OAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7477&lon=-122.2063&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24971
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86FVD05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24971/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86FVD05

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, climb - to cruise
  - fluid,fuel - contamination (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing

## Analysis

THE ACFT CONTACTED SEVERAL VEHICLES DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF PWR SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED THE CARBURETOR BOWL WAS 1/3 FULL OF WATER. NO OTHER DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF PWR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9047T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9047T-2013-09-13), registration cancelled 2013-09-13, S/N 52947, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52947
- Airframe hours: 3665
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Wilfred Turman Hall
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 30, 1985, 27 hours before
- Departed: OAK, OAKLAND, CA
- Destination: Q93, REDDING, CA
- Airport: OAK, Oakland Intl' Airport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,320 total, 569 in this make and model, 2,320 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OAK, 2 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860302004579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860302004579A), Mar 2, 1986: Cessna 182C, Oakland, CA, Substantial damage. Engine power loss on takeoff. Hit 4 parked vehicles on east 14th st and 66th ave. water in carburetor bowl.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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