- Date
- April 16, 1982, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3212SCessna 182G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820416021929A
- Case key
- 71334
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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
The pilot stated that while on short final the engine would not respond to power increases and remained at idle speed. The pilot swerved around a building and dove the aircraft under wires finally coming to rest in a ditch. Examination of the fuel system gascolator revealed that it was partially filled with water and dirt. The carburetor bowl showed signs of the corrosive effects and sediments normally associated with the accumulation of water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3212S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255712
- Airframe hours
- 1,542
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clyde E. Forsythe
- Registered owner
- Clyde E. Forsythe
- Departed
- Kissimmee, FL
- Destination
- Lake Wales, FL
- Airport
- X07 · Lake Wales, runway 17, 4,000 × 0 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 100 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 178 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAL, 21 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.