Cessna 182N N92612

Summary

On 18 December 1982 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna 182N registered N92612, operated by William McCollum, JR., was involved in an accident near Ringwood, New Jersey, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 December 1982 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Ringwood, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 182N

Registration

N92612

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

William McCollum, JR.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rockland → Somerville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

NYC83FA045

1 person died.

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 PLT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO POWER LOSS & THE ACFT CRASHED INTO A RESERVOIR. ENGINE EXAMINATION DISCLOSED NUMEROUS PIECES OF THE INDUCTION AIR FILTER THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE. FILTER PAPER WAS FOUND LODGED BETWEEN THE INTAKE VALVE & VALVE SEAT OF THE #5 CYLINDER, THE THROAT OF THE CARBURETOR VENTURI WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY BLOCKED BY PIECES OF THE FILTER PAPER, PAPER FRAGMENTS DROPPED FROM THE #4 CYLINDER INTAKE PORT, & SEVERAL PAPER FRAGMENTS WERE FOUND IN THE OIL SUMP. LITTLE OF THE PAPER ELEMENT REMAINED INSIDE OF THE AIR FILTER FRAME & THE PAPER THAT DID REMAIN WAS MARKEDLY DISCOLORED. APPROXIMATELY 1,100 HRS WERE ACCUMULATED BY THE FILTER SINCE ITS INSTALLATION NEARLY 10 YRS PRIOR. CESSNA RECOMMENDS THAT THE FILTER BE REPLACED EACH 500 HRS OF OPERATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.