- Date
- May 15, 1984, 08:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Douglas Island, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13193Cessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840515036369A
- Case key
- 39916
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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.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Fluid,oil - loss,totalCause
Engine assembly,other - failure,totalCause
Ditching
Terrain condition - water,roughFactor
Analysis
The plt reported a complete loss of power with oil visible on the left side of the windscreen. The plt was unable to glide to land and the acft was ditched in deep water about 100 yds from shore. The acft was not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13193
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264883
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Bynum
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- JNU · Juneaqu, AK
- Destination
- WRG · Wrangell, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,500 total · 150 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JNU, 12 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.