- Date
- February 21, 1983, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Zephyrhills, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- CGNHLCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30817
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel system,tank - improperCause
Procedures/directives - improperCause
Fuel system,tank - waterCause
Analysis
On initial climb at about 250 ft AGL the engine failed. Water was found in the gascolator and in the fuel tanks. A wrinkled ridge was found in the fuel tank bottom which trapped water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGNHL
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263532
- Airframe hours
- 758
- Engine
- Continental 0470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Clare Telford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 24, 1982 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- ZPH · Zephyrhills
- Destination
- PBI · West Palm Bch.
- Airport
- ZPH · Zephyrhills, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificates
- Foreign, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 14 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 30 nm away