Cessna 182 N6001B

Summary

On 16 November 1985 at about 22:15 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N6001B, operated by Carlos M. Brannon, was involved in an accident near Goldsby, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 November 1985 at 22:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Goldsby, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Paradise Air Haven

Coordinates

35.1108, -97.4893

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N6001B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Carlos M. Brannon

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW86LPJ03

Nobody was injured.

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 STATED THE PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS TO DROP PARACHUTE JUMPERS. THE JUMPERS DEPLANED AT 8500 FT MSL AND THE PLT REDUCED PWR FOR A DESCENT AND LANDING AT THE ARPT OF DEPARTURE. HE STATED HE DID NOT APPLY CARB HEAT DURING THE ENTIRE DESCENT AND HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH REDUCED PWR.DURING FINAL APCH, HE APPLIED THROTTLE BUT THE ENG WOULD NOT RESPOND, IT WOULD ONLY RUN ROUGH. THE PLT STATED THE ACFT WAS DESCENDING RAPIDLY AND IT WAS OBVIOUS HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO LAND ON THE ARPT. HE LANDED THE ACFT IN A PLOWED, MUDDY FLD WHERE IT NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.