# NTSB MIA86LA205: Cessna R182, N9119C, Jacksonville, FL, July 12, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1986, 20:03 local (Jul 12, 1986, 00:03 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Location: 30.3363° N, 81.5144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSONVILLE EXEC AT CRAIG (CRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3363&lon=-81.5144&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31670
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA86LA205
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31670/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86LA205

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AFTER THE PLT APPLIED CARB HEAT DURING THE APPROACH SEQUENCE, HE BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT ROUGHNESS IN THE ENG. AT ABOUT THAT SAME TIME, THE TOWER CLEARED HIM TO LAND BEHIND ANOTHER ACFT; HOWEVER, AT 1ST, HE DID NOT HAVE THE OTHER ACFT IN SIGHT & SPENT SEVERAL SECONDS LOOKING FOR IT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ENG ROUGHNESS DISSIPATED, BUT THE PLT FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR & LANDED GEAR UP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9119C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9119C-1998-03-30), registration cancelled 1998-03-30, S/N R18200410 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200410
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: Gateway Aviation
- Registered owner: Harry M. Carpenter
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MLO, ORLANDO, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: CRG, Craig Field, runway 22, 4,001 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,451 total, 61 in this make and model, 1,288 as pilot in command, 204 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CRG

## 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 19860711032529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860711032529A), Jul 11, 1986: Cessna R182, Jacksonville, FL, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed with the gear wheels retracted. The pilot reported distraction from a rough running engine.

## Other investigations on N9119C (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL95LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL95LA176), Sep 29, 1995: Cessna 182R (N9119C), Tuscaloosa, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Engine oil starvation for undetermined reasons, which resulted in a connecting rod cap failure.

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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