# NTSB LAX87LA015: Cessna 182A, N4823D, King City, CA, October 12, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 12, 1986, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: King City, CA
- Coordinates: 36.199649, -120.939132 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1996&lon=-120.9391&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25454
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX87LA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25454/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA015

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - mixture control,cable - loose (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, other maintenance personnel (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4823D-1992-12-01), registration cancelled 1992-12-01, S/N 34923 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34923
- Airframe hours: 2897
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861012048559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861012048559A), Oct 12, 1986: Cessna 182A, King City, CA, Destroyed. The engine lost power and the pilot made an emergency landing. An incorrect clamp caused mixture cable to slip.

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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