Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 185E N70232

9 June 1982 · Round Lake, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 9 June 1982 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 185E registered N70232, operated by ACM Systems, Inc, was involved in an accident near Round Lake, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 13:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Round Lake, New York, United States
Coordinates
42.9306, -73.7902
Aircraft
Cessna 185E
Registration
N70232
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
ACM Systems, Inc
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Round Lake → Portland
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC82DA120

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

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 PILOT STATED THAT DURING HIS PREFLIGHT, HE DRAINED THE MAIN SEDIMENT BOWL FOR 5 SECONDS, THEN REPEATED DRAINING IT FOR ANOTHER 5 SECONDS. HE REPORTED THAT HE PERFORMED AN ENGINE RUN-UP, SWITCHED ALL TANKS ON, AND INITIATED A TAKEOFF. REPORTEDLY, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AS HE WAS CLIMBING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 350 FT AND CUT OUT. DURING A FORCED LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND NOSED OVER IN A CLEARING. ABOUT 1/2 CUP OF WATER WAS DRAINED FROM THE MAIN STRAINER BOWL AND WATER WAS FOUND AT THE OUTER FOUR DRAIN POINTS IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE LEFT WING TANK SUMP DRAIN AND BOTH BELLY SUMP DRAINS EXHIBITED CORROSION AND COULD NOT BE OPENED WITH A STANDARD FUEL DRAIN CUP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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