# NTSB NYC93LA111: Cessna 182, N6158B, Woodstock, CT, June 13, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 13, 1993, 17:20 local (21:20 UTC) - Place: Woodstock, CT - Location: 41.9484° N, 71.9740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodstock, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9484&lon=-71.9740&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report June 30, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38605 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC93LA111 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38605/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA111 ## Probable cause A COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) - Forced landing, descent - emergency - In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment ## Analysis THE AIRPLANE WAS AT 8000 FEET, FOUR PARACHUTIST HAD JUMPED, AND THE PILOT THEN DESCENDED THE AIRPLANE TO THE PATTERN ALTITUDE OF 1,400 FEET. DURING THIS DESCENT, CARBURETOR HEAT WAS NOT APPLIED. THE PILOT THEN INITIATED THE APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 19. DURING THE APPROACH THE PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT TWICE FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. ON FINAL APPROACH THE PILOT NEEDED ADDITIONAL POWER TO REACH THE RUNWAY. AS THE PILOT APPLIED POWER THE ENGINE SHUDDERED. SHE THEN TRIED TO ADD ADDITIONAL POWER AND THE ENGINE LOST COMPLETE POWER. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE TO GLIDE TO THE RUNWAY, AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED AN EMBANKMENT SHORT OF AND ABOUT 10 FEET BELOW THE RUNWAY. AN ENGINE RUN CONDUCTED BY THE FAA REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES. ## Factual narrative On Sunday, June 13, 1993, at about 1720 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182, N6158B, piloted by Ruth Roy, collided with the terrain while on approach to Woodstock Airport, Woodstock, Connecticut. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot was seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan had been filed. The flight was being conducted under 14 CFR 91. According to the pilot's statement on the NTSB Form 6120.1/2: "...I climbed to 8,000' and all 4 jumpers jumped...plane was running good so far...I descended to pattern altitude 1,400', w/no [sic] problems. I leveled off on downwind...I started to slow plane down, I applied carb. [sic] heat for a second everything was fine. On base I checked carb heat again...still running O.K...landing to the south...over the trees at the north end I applied a little more throttle due to a slight down draft and engine started sputtering. I pushed throttle in more, and the engine died...[pilot thought she could glide to the runway] but the plane started sinking fast and landed up against the embankment of the runway at the north end." FAA Inspector Anthony Janco said: "...at approximately 120 feet [AGL]...[the pilot] realizes she will need additional power to reach the runway...she proceeds to glide in an attempt to reach runway 19 but falls short and crashes 119 feet short and approximately 10 feet low of runway 19. The aircraft came to rest in a normal upright landing configuration...the fuel selector was in the off position...placed there by rescue persons...ignition key had been removed...battery [was] disconnected...all three condition levers were full forward...only discrepancies noted were [sic] a 3 inch piece of exhaust baffle...lodged in the exhaust stack of the muffler...fuel selector valve was moved to both tank position and fuel flowed...this system appeared to operate normally. No other discrepancies were noted..." On June 17, 1993, the FAA test ran the engine from N6158B and according to Inspector Janco's report: "...the original carburetor was reassembled and used in this test...the engine was run without difficulty. The broken piece of exhaust baffling was installed as it was...and the engine was run through a wide range of power settings. The effect was unnoticed. All other engine systems appeared to operate properly. The cause of engine shutdown could not be duplicated during this run..." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6158B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6158B-2001-01-19), registration cancelled 2001-01-19, S/N 34158 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 - Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 34518 - Airframe hours: 2400 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Dennis Lambert - Registered owner: Dennis Lambert - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 30, 1992, 65 hours before - Departed: 3B0, SOUTHBRIDGE, MA - Airport: 01B, Woodstock, runway 19, 2,200 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 326 total, 12 in this make and model, 277 as pilot in command, 46 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 240° at 9 knots, gusting 12 - Visibility: 25 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 59 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: BDL, 35 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 19930613018009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930613018009A), Jun 13, 1993: Cessna 182A, South Woodstock, CT, Substantial damage. Reported power failure on final. Crashed short. Engine ran normal pro accident exhaust baffle found in muffler. From the NTSB's public API. 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