Cessna 182 N4861D

Summary

On 5 July 2015 at about 03:43 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N4861D was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 3 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.

Date

5 July 2015 at 03:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.0772, -149.8300

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N4861D

Category

Airplane

Year built

1958

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Seward → Anchorage

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC15LA046

Nobody was injured.

The total loss of engine power due to carburetor icing, which resulted from the pilot’s failure to use carburetor heat.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was conducting a personal cross-country flight. The pilot reported that he was flying the airplane over an inland waterway when the engine began surging. The pilot switched fuel tanks, but the engine continued to surge and then lost total power. The pilot subsequently executed a forced landing on a highway, which resulted in substantial damage to the wing. After the accident, the pilot and a mechanic started the airplane, and the engine ran smoothly at various power settings. The atmospheric conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the accumulation of serious carburetor icing at glide power and moderate icing at cruise power. Therefore, it is likely that carburetor ice formed, which caused the engine to lose power, and that the pilot did not apply carburetor heat.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.