# NTSB MKC89LA034: Cessna 182, N5851B, Garnett, KS, December 3, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 3, 1988, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Garnett, KS
- Coordinates: 38.28012, -95.229125 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2801&lon=-95.2291&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34731
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC89LA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34731/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA034

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - descent - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - carburetor heat - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel system,carburetor - ice (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing
  - terrain condition - none suitable (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5851B-2013-06-18), registration cancelled 2013-06-18, S/N 33851, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33851
- Airframe hours: 2860
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881203054479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881203054479A), Dec 3, 1988: Cessna 182A, Garnett, KS, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final after a long spiral descent from sky diving operation. Failed to clear engine and carb ice.

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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