- Date
- June 8, 1983, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Plainville, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2436QCessna 182K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830608053319A
- Case key
- 33421
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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 collided with a post during a precautionary landing on a road. The plt had been flying on this flt for 2 and a half hours when he noticed the oil pressure go to zero. He landed on a highway and during the landing roll the right wing hit a signpost which caused the acft to swerve into a ditch. The plt said he added a quart of oil to the acft priorto takeoff which brought the oil level up to 9 quarts. After the accident the acft contained 3 to 4 qts of oil. There was no evidence of an oil leak. The engine was partially disassembled and no reason was found for the oil loss or consumption of 5 or 6 quarts of oil in less than 3 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2436Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257636
- Airframe hours
- 2,557
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gordon D. Lane
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 7, 1982 · 123 hours before
- Departed
- K21 · Centerville, IA
- Destination
- KSO4 · Plainville, IA
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 446 total · 377 in this make and model · 336 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RSL, 28 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.