- Date
- July 30, 1983, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sheridan, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6386BCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830730036659A
- Case key
- 39741
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft lost power on final approach to land and made contact with a fence short of the rwy and nosed over. During preflt the pilot had omitted checking the fuel with a fuel strainer because he did not have one. During inspection the carburetor was found to have a loose screw which could affect the air metering system. The fuel was found to contain a mixture of avgas & automotive gasoline. According to the FBO, the gasoline truck operator sometimes uses his truck to haul automotive fuel & is suppose to use the front tank only for automotive fuel. The truck has 3 compartments. The rear tank is used for avgas, but the truck operator had put automotive fuel in the rear tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6386B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34286
- Airframe hours
- 5,483
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Johns
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 24, 1982
- Airport
- 44S · Sheridan, runway 25, 3,000 × 40 ft, gravel
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
- 20
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 225 total · 2 in this make and model · 225 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 48 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 45 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.