Cessna 182 N3920D

Summary

On 13 July 1985 at about 21:15 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N3920D, operated by Canton Air Sports, Inc., was involved in an accident near North Canton, Ohio, United States. 5 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 July 1985 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

North Canton, Ohio, United States

Coordinates

40.7500, -81.4196

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N3920D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Canton Air Sports, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Canton → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI85LA285

1 person was seriously injured.

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 PREFLIGHT, ENGINE RUNUP AND INITIAL TAKEOFF WERE UNEVENTFUL. AT APPROX 600 FT AGL THE ENGINE SPUTTERED FOR TWO OR THREE SECONDS THEN STOPPED. THE PILOT TURNED BACK TOWARD THE RUNWAY BUT WAS TOO LOW. HE CRASH LANDED IN A GRAVEL QUARRY AFTER CLIPPING POWER LINES. NO ENGINE ABNORMALITIES WERE NOTED DURING A SUBSEQUENT ENGINE TEARDOWN. THE REASON FOR THE ENGINE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE OPERATOR BELIEVED THAT EITHER THE MIXTURE CONTROL HAD BACKEDOFF DURING THE CLIMB OT THAT THE PARACHUTIST IN THE FRONT RT SEAT HAD INADVERTENTLY PULLED THE MIXTURE OFF WITH A PIECE OF HER EQUIPMENT DURING THE CLIMB, CAUSING THE POWER LOSS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.