# NTSB MIA82DA097: Cessna 182G, N3212S, Lake Wales, FL, April 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 16, 1982, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Coordinates: 27.900081, -81.580345 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9001&lon=-81.5803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71334
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71334/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA097

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
  - fuel system,carburetor - corroded (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - contamination (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - object - building(nonresidential) (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,static (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3212S-2012-09-27), registration cancelled 2012-09-27, S/N 18255712, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18255712
- Airframe hours: 1542
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820416021929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820416021929A), Apr 16, 1982: Cessna 182G, Lake Wales, FL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final. Crash-landed short of runway. Water , dirt in fuel. Water corrosion in carburetor bowl.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.