- Date
- July 7, 1986, 15:58 local (20:58 UTC)
- Place
- Davis City, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4773DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860707030909A
- Case key
- 34209
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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
Statements from FAA flight service station personnel indicate that the pilot received a weather briefing prior to departure but that a flight plan was not filed for the 600 mile trip. Records show that the flt lasted 05:28 hours before the engine sputtered and quit four miles short of its destination airport. Endurance calculations based on 11 g.p.h. and a 600 NM distance, correcting for non standard temperature and pressure reveal a usable fuel burn time of 5 hours and 25 minutes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4773D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34873
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clayton M. Holbrook
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 31, 1985
- Departed
- RAP · Rapid City, SD
- Destination
- 30I · Lamoni, 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
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 40 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 301, 4 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.