- Date
- May 27, 1993, 21:25 local (May 28, 1993, 02:25 UTC)
- Place
- Corinth, MS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N21530Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930528015399A
- Case key
- 33275
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
Failure of the engine over terrain unsuitable for a forced landing. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the no. 5 piston for undetermined causes.
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
In cruise flight the no. 5 piston failed and the engine lost power. During the forced landing the airplane struck trees on landing roll. The cause of the piston failure could not be determined due to massive destruction of the assembly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21530
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 61693
- Airframe hours
- 4,019
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Riley, Richard A.
- Registered owner
- Riley, Richard A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1993
- Departed
- CRX
- Destination
- 81J · Destin, FL
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 212 total · 41 in this make and model · 153 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUP, 25 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.