- Date
- July 12, 1982, 19:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Ebensburg, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N52192Cessna 180J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820712027209A
- Case key
- 70547
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The accident flight was the last leg of a series of flights that day, which included other refueling of the aircraft, during this refueling the fuel pump for the ground storage tank slowed and stopped before total refueling was accomplished. The pilot stated that he preflighted the aircraft before takeoff. After a normal takeoff run, the aircraft lost power touching down about 300 feet from the departure end. An attempt to groundloop was futile and the aircraft continued off the end of the runway. Water was found in the aircraft and storage facility tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52192
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18052549
- Airframe hours
- 391
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas G. Weber
- Registered owner
- Alphin Aircraft
- Departed
- 9G8 · Ebensburg, PA
- Destination
- Altoona, PA
- Airport
- 9G8 · Ebensburg, runway 28, 1,650 × 200 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,680 total · 3,033 in this make and model · 10,427 as pilot in command · 123 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 160 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JST, 10 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 N52192 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.