Cessna 182 N5495B

Summary

On 12 December 2008 at about 15:15 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N5495B was involved in an incident near Fort Worth, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 December 2008 at 15:15

Classification

Incident

Location

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Meacham International Airport (FTW)

Coordinates

32.8194, -97.3594

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N5495B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pearland → Fort Worth

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09IA096

Nobody was injured.

Collision with a hidden obstruction while taxiing through a grass field following a forced landing. Contributing to the accident was a loss of engine power due to the pilot's failure to turn on the carburetor heat.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Following a cross-country flight, the private pilot was turning in the traffic pattern when the engine suddenly stopped producing power. He made a successful forced landing in a field. During the forced landing the pilot turned on the carburetor heat. Shortly after landing the engine began producing power again and the pilot started taxiing slowly. While moving forward at approximately two miles per hour the nose gear struck a soft spot in the terrain and the airplane nosed over, damaging the right wingtip. Weather conditions were conducive to moderate carburetor icing at cruise power and serious carburetor icing at glide power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.