# NTSB SEA03LA115: Cessna 182C, N8762T, Bandon, OR, June 22, 2003 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 22, 2003, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC) - Place: Bandon, OR - Coordinates: 43.071666, -124.410003 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0717&lon=-124.4100&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report April 28, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 57298 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA03LA115 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/57298/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA115 ## Probable cause Loss of engine power during descent for undetermined reasons. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, descent - normal - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause) - Forced landing, descent - emergency - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, emergency landing - terrain condition - soft ## Analysis The pilot reported that he was descending to the airport, at a reduced power setting, from an altitude of approximately 5,500 feet MSL. He stated that as the airplane reached a two-mile final, for the landing runway, the engine began to lose power and would not respond to throttle inputs. The pilot reported that he was unable to land at his intended destination and elected to land in a cranberry bog approximately one mile south of the airport. Personnel from the FAA examined the aircraft following the accident and reported that there was no evidence found to indicate a mechanical failure or malfunction. The operator reported that following the accident; the airplanes engine was successfully started and run at multiple power settings. No operating malfunctions or anomalies were noted during the test run. ## Factual narrative On June 22, 2003, about 1330 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 182C, N8762T, sustained substantial damage during an off airport forced landing, subsequent to a loss of power, approximately one mile south of the Bandon State Airport (S05), Bandon, Oregon. The airplane is owned by the pilot, and was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) personal/pleasure flight under Title 14, CFR Part 91, when the accident occurred. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The flight originated from Bandon approximately 30 minutes prior to the accident. During a telephone interview with the National Transportation Safety Board IIC on June 25, the pilot reported that he was descending to the airport, at a reduced power setting, from an altitude of approximately 5,500 feet MSL. He stated that as the airplane reached a two-mile final, for runway 34, the engine began to lose power and would not respond to throttle inputs. The pilot reported that he was unable to land at his intended destination and elected to land in a cranberry bog approximately one mile south of the airport. During the landing rollout, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing spar and fuselage. An FAA airworthiness inspector from the Portland, Oregon, Flight Standards District Office examined the aircraft following the accident and reported that there was no evidence found to indicate a mechanical failure or malfunction. The operator reported that following the accident; the airplanes engine was successfully started and run at multiple power settings. No operating malfunctions or anomalies were noted during the test run. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8762T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8762T), registered now, S/N 52662, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182C - Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 52662 - Airframe hours: 4652 - Engines: Continental O-470 R 230 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Franklin T. Crook - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 10, 2002, 86 hours before - Departed: S05, BANDON, OR - Airport: S05, Bandon State ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 69; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review January 1, 2002; seat: left; flight hours: 20,422 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 20,000 as pilot in command, 68 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 360° at 18 knots, gusting 21 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 46 °F - Altimeter: 30.09 inHg - Observed at: KOTH, 20 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 20030622011759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030622011759A), Jun 22, 2003: Cessna 182C, Brandon, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot started a descent into the bandon airport from approx. 5500 feet by reducing engine power to a low setting without applying carb. Heat. The… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.