- Date
- March 6, 1982, 15:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Creswell, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N58754Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820306019749A
- Case key
- 70370
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Analysis
During preflight the pilot found water in the fuel system. After fuel drainings and sample checks were completed the pilot started the engine and initiated taxi for takeoff. During taxi and engine runup the engine stopped several times. After repeated fuel drainings and sample checks following each occurrence the pilot commenced his takeoff roll. Shortly after the aircraft became airborne the engine again ceased operating and the pilot executed a forced landing in a nearby field. Water was found in the right main tank, the carburetor fuel bowl, and the fuel strainer. Considerable rust was found around the filler necks of the fuel caps.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58754
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18262277
- Airframe hours
- 1,535
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R-25A, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard L. Reinhardt
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Reinhardt
- Departed
- 77S · Creswell, OR
- Destination
- 77S · Creswell, OR
- Airport
- 77S · Hobby, runway 34, 2,100 × 20 ft, asphalt
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total · 720 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 129 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EUG, 15 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.