- Date
- July 28, 1982, 01:34 local (05:34 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2334CCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820728037939A
- Case key
- 72265
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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 had a flight of over 4 hours total with one enroute stop. At this stop the pilot did not refuel. After 2 hoursand 9 minutes of return flight the eng lost power & the plt made a wheels up landing on a highway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2334C
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R182200153
- Airframe hours
- 1,583
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Intercontinental Aviation, Inc
- Registered owner
- James F. Fletcher
- Departed
- PNS · Pensacola, FL
- Destination
- ORL · Orlando, FL
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 33 in this make and model · 143 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORL, 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.