- Date
- February 22, 1993, 10:19 local (16:19 UTC)
- Place
- Raleigh, MS
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1581MCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930222003099A
- Case key
- 33230
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Probable cause
The fatigue failure of the no. 1 exhaust valve for undetermined reasons, and the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
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 airplane was in cruise flight at 3,000 when the engine began to run rough and vibrate. The engine then failed and the pilot executed a forced landing to rough terrain below. The airplane struck trees and came to rest. The engine was examined and the no. 1 cylinder exhaust valve was found failed at the valve stem in fatigue. The outside diameter of the valve stem exhibited excessive wear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1581M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 64378
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wiil, Bobby R.
- Registered owner
- Wiil, Bobby R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 15, 1992
- Departed
- HBG · Hattiesburg, MS
- Destination
- POF · Poplarville, MO
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,230 total · 34 in this make and model · 1,230 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 31 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.