- Date
- October 12, 1986, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- King City, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4823DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861012048559A
- Case key
- 25454
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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
While cruising near King City, CA, the aircraft lost power and an attempt to restart the engine was unsuccessful. The aircraft was then landed in a field, but it collided with a tree during the landing roll. An examination of the aircraft revealed that the mixture control cable clamp had slipped causing the mixture to move to the idle cutoff position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4823D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34923
- Airframe hours
- 2,897
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tom Seidel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 15, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- SNS · Salinas, CA
- Destination
- PRB · Paso Robles, CA
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 536 total · 200 in this make and model · 536 as pilot in command · 79 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNS, 18 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.