# NTSB MKC83LA110: Cessna 182P, N780H, Gardner, KS, May 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 16, 1983, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Gardner, KS
- Coordinates: 38.810119, -94.920211 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8101&lon=-94.9202&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33411
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33411/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA110

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - water (cause)
  - maintenance,inspection - poor, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - acft/equip,inadequate design, manufacturer (cause)
  - fuel system,tank - improper (cause)
  - fuel system,cap - leak (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N780H-1986-08-10), registration cancelled 1986-08-10, S/N 18264048 (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: 18264048
- Airframe hours: 3167
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830516019639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830516019639A), May 16, 1983: Cessna 182P, Gardner, KS, Destroyed. Engine quit on climbout. Crash landed in open field. Water in fuel trapped by ridges in rubber fuel cells.

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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