Cessna 182A N6055B

Summary

On 29 August 1983 at about 02:15 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N6055B was involved in an accident near South Dos Palos, California, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

29 August 1983 at 02:15

Classification

Accident

Location

South Dos Palos, California, United States

Coordinates

36.9597, -120.6505

Aircraft

Cessna 182A

Registration

N6055B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

South Dos Palos → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83LA412

1 person had minor injuries.

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

WHILE DESCENDING TOWARD THE ARPT, AFTER 4 PARACHUTE JUMPERS HAD EGRESSED, THE ENG LOSS ALL POWER. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALT TO GLIDE TO THE ARPT, SO THE PLT ELECTED TO LAND IN AN AREA WITH RICE PADDIES. AS THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN, IT ENCOUNTERED A DIKE & NOSED OVER, AN EXAM REVEALED THAT SOME FUEL WAS REMAINING IN THE FUEL TANKS. ABOUT 1 PINT OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE FIRE WALL FUEL STRAINER. NO WATER WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL SYS. APRX 25 MI SOUTH AT MERCED, CA, THE TEMP & DEW POINT WERE 87 & 50 DEG, RESPECTIVE. ACCORDING TO ICG PROBABILITY CHARTS, CARB ICE WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE AT GLIDE POWER; HOWEVER, ICING WAS NOT VERIFIED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.