- Date
- June 6, 2012, 00:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hilo, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N73466Cessna 182R
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 2013
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Air Patrol
- Case key
- 84378
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Probable cause
The damage to the engine firewall for a reason that was undetermined because the damage was not reported when it occurred.
Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
During a preflight examination of the airplane, damage to the engine firewall was observed. It was undetermined when and how the damage occurred. Review of flight logs provided by the operator revealed that the airplane had been flown 13 hours since the most recent maintenance was performed. The operator stated that there were no reported hard landings since that maintenance.
Factual narrative
On June 6, 2012, during a pre-flight examination of a Cessna 182R, N73466, at the Hilo International Airport, Hilo, Hawaii, substantial damage to the engine firewall was discovered. The airplane was registered to and operated by Civil Air Patrol, Inc., under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. There were no reported injuries. The flight date and time which resulted in the damage to the airplane was undetermined. Review of a flight log submitted by the operator revealed that six flights, totaling 13 hours of flight time had occurred since the airplane had undergone maintenance on May, 29, 2012. It was not determined how the damage occurred to the firewall. The operator reported that there were no reported hard landings during this timeframe.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73466
- Reported as
- Cessna 182R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18268113
- Airframe hours
- 2,916
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-470 SERIES, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Civil Air Patrol Inc
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 17, 2012 · 55 hours before
- Departed
- PHTO · Hilo, HI
- Destination
- PHTO · Hilo, HI
- Airport
- PHTO · Hilo International Airport
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.
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 27, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.2 MB in all.