- Date
- May 8, 1986, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Otselic, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7313QCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860508016469A
- Case key
- 30335
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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 Cessna 182P was cruising at 2500 ft when it experienced an engine failure. The pilot made a landing in a plowed field across the furrows. The nose wheel broke off on landing and the aircraft flipped over. The pilot received minor injuries while the passenger was uninjured and and aircraft received substantial damage. The cause of the engine failure was a broken connecting rod.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7313Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260953
- Airframe hours
- 1,430
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Francis Rogers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 1, 1985
- Departed
- UCA · Utica, NY
- Destination
- BGM · Binghamton, NY
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 492 total · 32 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.