- Date
- October 20, 1987, 08:00 local (13:00 UTC)
- Place
- Atwood, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2472QCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871020082039A
- Case key
- 34515
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The PIC said that he did an engine runup and allowed the engine to run about 6 additional minutes before commencing the takeoff. The PIC said that upon reaching 100 feet altitude in the takeoff sequence, he observed a decline in engine revolutions per minute and manifold pressure. A forced landing was accomplished and the aircraft flipped inverted in a milo field off the runway. Post-crash inspection of the aircraft revealed no evidence of mechanical problems or fuel contamination. Icing probability charts indicate that the weather conditions were conducive to the formation of carburetor ice. The PIC did not use carburetor heat during the takeoff roll or during climbout. He indicated that he checked its function during the engine run-up, but did not use it after that.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2472Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57672
- Airframe hours
- 3,349
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Muller-Sirhall & Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1986
- Departed
- ADT · Atwood, KS
- Destination
- OEL · Oakley, KS
- Airport
- ADT · Atwood, runway 34, 3,100 × 50 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 151 total · 44 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GLD, 30 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 N2472Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.