- Date
- June 20, 1982, 15:27 local (19:27 UTC)
- Place
- Chuluota, FL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9834ECessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820620023409A
- Case key
- 70248
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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 reported a normal preflight check was made which included draining fuel from the fuel tank sumps and the strainer. He reported that about one inch of water (in a fuel sampler cup) was drained from the left wing. No water was noted in the right wing or fuel strainer. The before takeoff check was normal and all engine instruments indicated normal when power was added for takeoff. However, at about 150 to 200 ft AGL, the engine lost power. From that position, the pilot was unable to land on the remaining runway. Therefore, a forced landing was made with full flaps into the tops of trees in a wooded area. During an examination of the wreckage, water was found in the carburetor and the left wing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9834E
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263924
- Airframe hours
- 835
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gerald F. Lindsey
- Registered owner
- Gerald F. Lindsey
- Departed
- X45 · Chuluota, FL
- Destination
- X45 · Chuluota, FL
- Airport
- X45 · Flying Seminole Ranch, runway 11, 4,827 × 160 ft, grass/turf
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
- 60
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 16,700 total · 120 in this make and model · 15,495 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 190 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 14 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.