- Date
- April 3, 1983, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Concordia, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3102UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830403010859A
- Case key
- 33393
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was forced to land in a wheatfield when the engine quit. The student pilot was on a solo cross-country flight cruising at 2000 feet when the engine lost power. The flt. Had started about 30 minutes before the accident. The dew point was 32 and the temperature 45 degrees f. the tank selector was on both tanks. The mechanic who examined the acft after the accident said he drained about 15 gallons of fuel from the acft and found only a small amount of sediment in the fuel from the strainer. No water or other contamination was found. The nose gear was repaired and the acft was flownfrom the accident site to liberty MO. And no power plant deficiencies were found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3102U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254502
- Airframe hours
- 3,993
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Paquin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982 · 32 hours before
- Departed
- MHL · Marshall, MO
- Destination
- MO10 · Liberty, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 19 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SZL, 175 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.
Other investigations on N3102U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.