# NTSB LAX89LA048: Cessna 182L, N42908, Page, AZ, November 12, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 12, 1988, 16:06 local (23:06 UTC)
- Place: Page, AZ
- Coordinates: 36.680728, -111.409919 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6807&lon=-111.4099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 16, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26297
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89LA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26297/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA048

## 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

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,piston - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42908-1989-10-10), registration cancelled 1989-10-10, S/N 18259248 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Registry model: [Cessna 182L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (registry code 2072726) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18259248
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881112050369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881112050369A), Nov 12, 1988: Cessna 182L, Page, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine failed at cruise. Struck logs and flipped over on forced landing. A cylinder had broken into small pieces.

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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