# NTSB MIA83FLD03: Cessna 182, Zephyrhills, FL, February 21, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: February 21, 1983, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30817
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83FLD03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30817/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FLD03

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fuel system,tank - improper (cause)
  - procedures/directives - improper, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - fuel system,tank - water (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263532
- Airframe hours: 758
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 59; 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

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.

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