- Date
- August 15, 1989, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Russell, AR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3763DCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890815029879A
- Case key
- 34850
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Probable cause
An engine failure, because of a valve which stuck in the open position, over terrain that was unsuitable for a forced landing.
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 pilot said that while in cruise flight, the engine quit. An emergency landing was attempted in a plowed bean field that resulted in a collapse of the nose gear, then a nose over. Post accident investigation revealed that the engine intake valve on no. 6 cylinder was stuck in the open position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3763D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34463
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Benafield, J. W., doing business as Benafield Farms
- Registered owner
- Bena Field, J.W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Newport, AR
- Destination
- NONE · Hickory Plains, AR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,810 total · 800 in this make and model · 3,586 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JBR, 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.