- Date
- April 4, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4049DCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820404007799A
- Case key
- 72327
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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
After completing the drop on a skydiving flight, the engine lost power during a power-off descent. The pilot reported that the carburetor heat was not used during the descent prior to the loss of power. However, the probability of weather conditions for carburetor ice was not verified. The aircraft struck a fence during an off-airport landing, before reaching the runway. The pilot reported that he took off with 10 gallons of fuel on board. The plane crashed about 15 minutes after takeoff. An examination of the engine revealed no malfunction or failure prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4049D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34749
- Airframe hours
- 516
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Swamp Hollow Enterprises
- Registered owner
- Swamp Hollow Enterprises
- Departed
- 2J9 · Quincy, FL
- Destination
- 2J9 · Quincy, FL
- Airport
- 2J9 · Quincy Muni, runway 14, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 20
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 650 total · 30 in this make and model · 631 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 171 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 15 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.