# NTSB NYC83FA045: Cessna 182N, N92612, Ringwood, NJ, December 18, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 18, 1982, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Ringwood, NJ
- Location: 41.1040° N, 74.2711° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ringwood, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1040&lon=-74.2711&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72392
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72392/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA045

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - fuel system,ram air/induction air - life expired (cause)
  - maintenance,replacement - not performed, other maintenance personnel (cause)
  - fuel system,ram air/induction air - disintegrated (cause)
  - fuel system,carburetor - blocked(partial) (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - water,glassy (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92612-2009-12-16), registration cancelled 2009-12-16, S/N 18260283, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260283
- Airframe hours: 1887
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821218067679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821218067679A), Dec 18, 1982: Cessna 182N, Ringwood, NJ, No damage, 1 fatal

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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