- Date
- May 11, 1991, 14:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Shelton, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8949GCessna 182N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910511015409A
- Case key
- 41427
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Probable cause
The total loss of power due to mechanical failure when the pilot was over unsuitable terrain for a forced landing. Factors include a hard landing after an inadvertent stall prior to touchdown on a highway.
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.
Analysis
The pilot of the Cessna 182N made a forced landing onto a highway, causing substantial damage to the aircraft with a hard landing after dodging power lines and traffic. Piston pins with inadequate clearance resulted in failure of two connecting rods and the loss of power from the engine. The engine had approximately 2.5 hours operating time since overhaul.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8949G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18260489
- Engine
- Continental IO-470F, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard L. Sandefur
- Registered owner
- Richard L. Sandefur
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1990 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- 1S0 · Puyallup, WA
- Destination
- W04 · Ocean Shores, WA
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,230 total · 768 in this make and model · 1,113 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8949G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.