- Date
- January 19, 1982, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Topeka, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N52757Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820119001309A
- Case key
- 72840
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an aerial line patrol flight the pilot encountered low stratus clouds and started to return to billard airport when the engine ceased to operate. The pilot attempted to restart the aircraft but could not. A forced landing was made into a mowed pasture meadow and the aircraft came to rest in a ravine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52757
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262924
- Airframe hours
- 3,263
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R-25A, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Operator
- Capitol Air Service, Inc
- Registered owner
- Capitol Air Service, Inc
- Departed
- Topeka, KS
- Destination
- Topeka, KS
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 14,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N52757 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.