Cessna 182H N1997X

Summary

On 28 November 1995 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 182H registered N1997X, operated by U.s. Bureau of the Census, was involved in an accident near Koyuk, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 November 1995 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Koyuk, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Koyuk (KKA)

Coordinates

64.9397, -161.1491

Aircraft

Cessna 182H

Registration

N1997X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

U.s. Bureau of the Census

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Galena → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC96TA016

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's delayed application of carburetor heat. Factors in the accident were carburetor icing conditions and lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated airline transport pilot reported that he planned a flight to a remote village to conduct a census survey if the weather permitted. While en route, the pilot experienced clear icing conditions and freezing rain at 6,500 feet mean sea level (MSL). He climbed above the conditions to 8,500 feet msl. A layer of stratus clouds initially obscured the village but after passing the village, he noticed that the runway was visible and then made a rapid, low power descent for landing. The airplane entered a left base for landing and the pilot applied carburetor heat about 500 feet above the ground. The engine suddenly lost 80 to 100 percent of power. The pilot performed an emergency landing on an airport access road that paralleled the runway, but was unable to stop the airplane before it collided with a wooden post and a parked airplane. The pilot reported that the cloud cover was consistent with a narrow temperature/dew point spread.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.