ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 363949
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| Date: | Friday 13 March 1992 |
| Time: | 22:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182Q |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N96381 |
| MSN: | 18266704 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 717 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-470-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Munising, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Detroit City, MI (KDET) |
| Houghton, MI (KCMX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE HAD IN EXCESS OF 32 OUNCES OF WATER DRAINED FROM THE WING TANKS AND CARBURETOR/FUEL SYSTEM BY THE PILOT'S MECHANIC AND THE PILOT IN PREPARATION FOR A NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE MECHANIC REPORTED HE DRAINED AND FLUSHED THE SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE PILOT SAID HE REFUELED THE AIRPLANE WITH 88 GALLONS OF FRESH AV GAS AND WAITED 10-15 MINUTES PRIOR TO CHECKING THE WING AND BELLY SUMPS FOR WATER. HE FOUND NO WATER AND BEGAN HIS FLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 3 HOURS LATER HE MADE A FORCED LANDING IN TREES FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. INSPECTION OF THE CARBURETOR AND FUEL SYSTEM POST ACCIDENT REVEALED SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF WATER. THE FUEL TANK FROM WHICH THE AIRPLANE WAS REFUELED PRIOR TO FLIGHT WAS FOUND FREE OF SIGNIFICANT CONTAMINATES. WHEN FRESH,UNCONTAMINATED FUEL WAS FED TO THE ENGINE, IT STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY.
Probable Cause: THE INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION TO REMOVE WATER FROM THE FUEL SYSTEM, AND THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI92LA112
History of this aircraft
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| 10 November 2015 | N96381 | Private | 1 | Ray County north of Richmond, MO | |
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| 19-Mar-2024 07:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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