- Date
- May 18, 1973
- Place
- Yates Center, KS · YATES CENTER, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7074QCessna 182P
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730518012659A
- Case key
- 190727
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0966 73/5/18 YATES CENTER,KANS CESSNA 182P CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 268 TIME - 1225 N7074Q PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 253 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KANS ALTON,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CARB BOWL DRAIN PLUG MISSING,NOT FOUND.PLT LND IN PASTURE.FIRE DESTROYED ACFT.2 HRS SINCE NEW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7074Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.