- Date
- December 18, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ringwood, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N92612Cessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19821218067679A
- Case key
- 72392
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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 plt declared an emergency due to power loss & the acft crashed into a reservoir. Engine examination disclosed numerous pieces of the induction air filter throughout the engine. Filter paper was found lodged between the intake valve & valve seat of the #5 cylinder, the throat of the carburetor venturi was almost completely blocked by pieces of the filter paper, paper fragments dropped from the #4 cylinder intake port, & several paper fragments were found in the oil sump. Little of the paper element remained inside of the air filter frame & the paper that did remain was markedly discolored. Approximately 1,100 hrs were accumulated by the filter since its installation nearly 10 yrs prior. Cessna recommends that the filter be replaced each 500 hrs of operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N92612
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260283
- Airframe hours
- 1,887
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Mccollum, Jr.
- Registered owner
- William Mccollum, Jr.
- Departed
- RKD · Rockland, ME
- Destination
- N52 · Somerville, NJ
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,219 total · 1,887 in this make and model · 2,100 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 10° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TEB, 18 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.