ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 380885
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Date: | Saturday 10 September 1983 |
Time: | 19:50 LT |
Type: | Cessna 182A |
Owner/operator: | Roger Mcclellan |
Registration: | N4812D |
MSN: | 34912 |
Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
Engine model: | Continental O-470-R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | S. Lake Tahoe, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Training |
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Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:ACCORDING TO THE FLT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), HE & THE STUDENT TOOK OFF WITH 21 GAL OF FUEL ON BOARD. APRX 1.3 HRS. LATER, THE ENG LOST POWER AS THE STUDENT TURNED ONTO FINAL APCH FOR A LANDING. THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT & MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A RIVER BANK SHORT OF THE RWY. JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWNM THE ACFT HIT A TREE, THEN AFTER LANDING, IT CAME TO REST IN THE RIVER, NOSE DOWN, IN 1 TO 2 FT OF WATER. NO PREIMPACT/PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. ACCORDING TO THE PLT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK, THE ENG WOULD CONSUME 12 GAL/HR AT 65% POWER AT 8000 FT. THE STUDENT STATED THAT THE ACFT HAD FLOWN 4 HRS SINCE THE FUEL TANKS WERE TOPPED OFF. THE PLANE HAD A TOTAL USABLE FUEL CAPACITY OF 55 GAL.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX83LA433 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX83LA433
Revision history:
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