Cessna 182H N2081X

Summary

On 23 February 1983 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 182H registered N2081X was involved in an accident near Chuluota, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 February 1983 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Chuluota, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Flying Seminole Ranch

Coordinates

28.6495, -81.1795

Aircraft

Cessna 182H

Registration

N2081X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Jekyll Island

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA83FA081

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED FROM 200 FT AGL ON TAKEOFF.WITNESSES SAID THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE ACFT MADE A STEEP LEFT TURN AND THEN DOVE STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND. THE ACFT HAD ALMOST MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN TO LINE UP WITH STATE ROAD 419 WHEN IT CRASHED. THIS ROAD PARALLELED THE TAKEOFF RWY ABOUT 600 FT TO THE SOUTH. THE ACFT HAD JUST BEEN REFUELED BEFORE TAKEOFF. OTHER ACFT USED THIS FUEL SOURCE AND NOTED NO DISCREPANCIES RELATED TO FUELING. EXAMINATION OF THE POWERPLANT WAS ACCOMPLISHEDWITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WATER WAS FOUND AROUND THE CENTER ELECTRODE OF THE SPARK PLUGS. EVIDENCE OF MOISTURE WAS ALSO FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR BOWL, HOWEVER THE FIRE DEPT HAD SPRAYED CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF WATER OVER THE WRECKAGE TO EXTINGUISH THE INTENSE POST CRASH FIRE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.