- Date
- May 16, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Gardner, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N780HCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830516019639A
- Case key
- 33411
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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
The acft was throughly preflighted to check for water in fuel. The acft had been outdoors in rain for several weeks. Run-up and taxi were normal. During right turn out of traffic the engine quit. The pilot made a landing in a field and nosed over. The acft fuel filter and carburetor were full of water following the accident. The fuel cells were found to have ridges and steps so high that trapped water was next to impossible to remove by normal preflight methods. These cells were factory installed. Also the factory installed adapters had eroded allowing water to enter around the fuel caps.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N780H
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264048
- Airframe hours
- 3,167
- Engine
- Continental O-470S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George T. Anton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Destination
- KSO · Oskaloosa, KS
- Airport
- K34 · Municipal, runway 8, 3,053 × 120 ft, grass/turf
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,535 total · 35 in this make and model · 11,435 as pilot in command · 151 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 145° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.