# NTSB SEA83LA050: Cessna 182N, N92353, Chiloquin, OR, February 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 2, 1983, 11:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Chiloquin, OR
- Coordinates: 42.999687, -121.630439 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9997&lon=-121.6304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39659
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39659/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA050

## Analysis

DURING A LONG STRAIGHT IN APPROACH FROM ABOUT 3 MILES OUT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. THE PILOT FIGURED HE COULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY SO HE TRIED FOR A HIGHWAY. IN DIVING TO AVOID WIRES HE DROVE THE NOSE GEAR ONTO THE GROUND. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ABOUT 270 FEET BEFORE GOING INTO A DITCH.

## 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 - final approach
  - fuel system,carburetor - ice (contributing factor)
  - throttle/power control - below, pilot in command (cause)
  - carburetor heat - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - planned approach - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N92353](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92353), registered now, S/N 18260168, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Registry model: [Cessna 182N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (registry code 2072730) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18260168
- Airframe hours: 1300
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert D. Ferguson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 10, 1983, 100 hours before
- Departed: LINCOLN, CA
- Airport: ZS7, Chiloquin, runway 36, 3,735 × 45 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 520 total, 220 in this make and model, 500 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 18,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LMT, 27 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 19830202001919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830202001919A), Feb 2, 1983: Cessna 182N, Chiloquin, OR, Substantial damage. Crash landed on a highway after engine quit during approach to an airport. Failed to use carburetor heat.

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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