ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363458
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Date: | Tuesday 16 June 1992 |
Time: | 16:51 LT |
Type: | Cessna 182E |
Owner/operator: | Van Aasperen. Wallace R. |
Registration: | N7133E |
MSN: | 52133 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2655 hours |
Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Big Bear Lake, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT WAS MAKING A TEST FLIGHT AFTER THE COMPLETION OF AN ANNUAL INSPECTION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE AND CARBURETOR HEAT CABLES AND THE PROPELLER. AS THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET ABOVE THE TERRAIN THE ENGINE FAILED AS THE PILOT LEANED THE FUEL MIXTURE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING ON A MOUNTAINOUS ROAD ON WHICH THERE WAS TWO MOTOR VEHICLES. THE AIRCRAFT'S RIGHT WING STRUCK THE ROAD AS THE PILOT BANKED THE AIRCRAFT TO ALIGN IT WITH THE ROAD. THE POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE FAILED TO DISCLOSE ANY EVIDENCE OF A PREEXISTING MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE.
Probable Cause: THE LOSE OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS. THE MOUNTAINOUS ROAD ON WHICH THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AND THE TWO MOTOR VEHICLES THAT WERE ON THE ROAD WERE FACTORS IN THE ACCIDENT.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX92LA251 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 3 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX92LA251
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