Cessna 182 N8584T
3 August 1996 · Smithville, Tennessee, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 August 1996 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N8584T was involved in an accident near Smithville, Tennessee, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Smithville, Tennessee, United States
- Nearest airport
- Smithville Municipal (0A3)
- Coordinates
- 35.9491, -85.8201
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182
- Registration
- N8584T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL96LA115
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Probable cause
Restricted selector valve flow that resulted in fuel starvation. A factor was the automotive fuel that adversely affected an O-ring seal in the fuel selector valve.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During takeoff for the sport parachute operation, the engine sputtered and quit, and the pilot landed the airplane in a residential yard. Examination revealed that fuel flow through the fuel selector valve was restricted. The fuel selector was disassembled, and the O-rings for the left side were found swelled. Placing the O-rings in the same automotive fuel as in the airplane resulted in their swelling so as to restrict flow through the selector valve. The airplane had been STC'd for the use of automotive fuel. No maintenance records were available for the selector valve.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 182 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 1996 | Cessna 182N | Obergon, Mexico | Genesis Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 9 Mar 1996 | Cessna 182Q | Avalon, California, United States | Vista Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jul 1996 | Cessna 182RG | Broomfield, Colorado, United States | Wings of Denver | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Aug 1996 | Cessna 182E | Grangeville, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Oct 1996 | Cessna 182A | Agua Dulce, California, United States | Leonard Marr | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Jan 1996 | Cessna 182K | Covington, Louisiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 6,261 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar 1996 | Boeing 727-225 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Apr 1996 | Aeronca 7BCM | Portland, Tennessee, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 1996 | Cessna 172N | Arlington, Tennessee, United States | Memphis East Aviation | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Jan 1996 | Cessna 210H | Columbia, Tennessee, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 1 Feb 1996 | Douglas DC-9-32 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Jul 1996 | Boeing 737-200 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |