# NTSB SEA84LA108: Cessna 182P, N13193, Douglas Island, AK, May 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 15, 1984, 08:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place: Douglas Island, AK
- Coordinates: 58.259628, -134.399551 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.2596&lon=-134.3996&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39916
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39916/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA108

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - fluid,oil - loss,total (cause)
  - engine assembly,other - failure,total (cause)
- Ditching, cruise - normal
  - terrain condition - water,rough (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18264883
- Airframe hours: 1100
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840515036369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840515036369A), May 15, 1984: Cessna 182P, Douglas Island, AK, Destroyed. Crash occurred when engine quit for unknown reasons. Airplane was ditched in ocean and not recovered.

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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