# NTSB SEA83LA036: Cessna 182P, N1296M, Newport, OR, January 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 1, 1983, 16:35 local (Jan 2, 1983, 00:35 UTC)
- Place: Newport, OR
- Coordinates: 44.659145, -124.010017 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6591&lon=-124.0100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39652
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39652/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA036

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - fluid,fuel - water (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - loose gravel/sandy (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHEN THE PILOT WAS ON AN EXTENDED BASE LEG FOR LANDING. FROM THAT POSITION, HE COULD NOT GLIDE TO THE RUNWAY, SO HE ELECTED TO LAND ON A NEARBY BEACH. THE LOCATION OF PEOPLE WALKING ON THE BEACH PREVENTED AN UPWIND LANDING, SO THE PILOT TURNED TO LAND DOWNWIND. THIS REQUIRED A STEEP TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE TO AVOID LANDING IN THE OCEAN. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE UPPER WING MAY HAVE STALLED SOMEWHAT AS THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NO CONTROL FOR THE LAST 20 FT OF DESCENT. THE PLANE LANDED ON THE BEACH ON ALL THREE WHEELS, BUT THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CARBURETOR CHAMBERS AND FUEL FILTER BOWL CONTAINED WATER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1296M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1296M-1983-12-02), registration cancelled 1983-12-02, S/N 18264278, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264278
- Airframe hours: 2134
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Bruce R. Mate
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 20, 1982, 0 hours before
- Airport: ONP, Newport Municipal, runway 16, 5,078 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 3,929 total, 490 in this make and model, 3,800 as pilot in command, 62 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: OTH, 70 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 19830101002759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830101002759A), Jan 1, 1983: Cessna 182P, Newport, OR, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel approaching airport. Crash landed on nearby beach. Water in fuel system with only traces of fuel.

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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