- Date
- September 26, 1992, 12:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place
- Vancouver, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N42324Cessna 182L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920926049439A
- Case key
- 42911
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Probable cause
The partial loss of engine power from failure of the no 5 piston, and the soft terrain at the forced ldg site, resulting in collapse of the nose landing gear.
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 engine parially lost power in cruise flt at 1500 ft. AGL and the pilot made an emergency forced landing in a field. The nose ldg gear dug into soft ground and collapsed during landing roll. Exam of the engine revealed failure of the no. 5 piston.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42324
- Reported as
- Cessna 182L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18258966
- Airframe hours
- 2,896
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Crume, Robert L.
- Registered owner
- Crume, Robert L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1992
- Destination
- NONE · Madras, OR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 350 total · 311 in this make and model · 320 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 6 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.