# NTSB MIA84FA099: Cessna 182J, N2830F, Everglades City, FL, March 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 9, 1984, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Everglades City, FL
- Location: 25.8601° N, 81.3804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8601&lon=-81.3804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30976
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84FA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30976/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA099

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise
  - fuel system,primer system - disconnected (cause)
  - fuel system,primer system - leak (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT WHEN THE FLT ORIGINATED IN EVERGLADES CITY THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY & THE RIGHT FUEL TANK INDICATED 1/2 FULL. THE FLT TO NAPLES TOOK 15 MINUTES. HE INITIATED THE RETURN FLT AT 1047 & THE ENG QUIT AT 1100. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A MANGROVE SWAMP. THE LEFT TANK WAS FOUND EMPTY & THE RIGHT TANK CONTAINED ABOUT 2 GALS OF FUEL. THE FUEL PRIMER LINE 'B' NUT AT THE FIREWALL WAS MISSING & THE LINE WAS LEAKING. NO PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL ENG PROBLEMS WERE FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2830F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 182-56930
- Airframe hours: 2900
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harold G. Enquist
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 2, 1984, 34 hours before
- Departed: APE, NAPLES, FL
- Destination: EVERGLADES CITY, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 6,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 5,450 as pilot in command, 55 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F

## 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 19840309005489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840309005489A), Mar 9, 1984: Cessna 182J, Everglades City, FL, Destroyed. Crash occurred during emergency landing in swamp after engine quit from fuel exhaustion.

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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