# NTSB MKC82DA018: Cessna 182P, N52757, Topeka, KS, January 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1982, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Coordinates: 39.03054, -95.690109 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0305&lon=-95.6901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72840
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA018
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72840/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA018

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52757-1982-10-13), registration cancelled 1982-10-13, S/N 18262824 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18262924
- Airframe hours: 3263
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820119001309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820119001309A), Jan 19, 1982: Cessna 182P, Topeka, KS, Substantial damage. Engine quit returning due to bad weather en route. Ran into a ravine on landing. No engine malfunction found.

## Other investigations on N52757 (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 OAK76DVA78](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVA78), Jul 17, 1976: Cessna 182 (N52757), Monache Meadws, CA, substantial damage

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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