- Date
- November 12, 1988, 16:06 local (23:06 UTC)
- Place
- Page, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N42908Cessna 182L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881112050369A
- Case key
- 26297
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the number five cylinder piston, for undetermined reasons, initiating an engine failure and subsequent forced landing in unsuitable terrain.
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 aircraft was cruising at 12,500 feet when the engine failed. A forced landing was made in a clearing where the aircraft struck a log pile & nosed over. A teardown of the engine revealed the number five piston had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42908
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18259248
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James W. Sharkey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 17, 1988 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- INW · Winslow, AZ
- Destination
- CDC · Cedar City, UT
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 9 in this make and model · 98 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.