- Date
- December 3, 1988, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Garnett, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5851BCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881203054479A
- Case key
- 34731
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Having just made a parachutist's drop, during a sky diving operation, the private pilot spiraled down from altitude to land, but had to extend his pattern to allow a departing acft to leave. During a long final approach, the engine failed and an emergency landing was attempted in a soft plowed farm field. The acft, on landing, dug in it's nose wheel and turned over. No mechanical or fuel irregularities were discovered during the post accident investigation and meteorological conditions were favorable for carburetor icing according to the 'icing probablility charts'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5851B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33851
- Airframe hours
- 2,860
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Midamerican Sky Sports Inc.
- Registered owner
- Midamerican Sky Sports Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 8, 1988 · 46 hours before
- Airport
- K68 · Garnett, runway 1, 2,400 × 45 ft, dirt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 193 total · 56 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNU, 40 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.