Cessna 182 N5851B

Summary

On 3 December 1988 at about 22:45 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N5851B, operated by Midamerican Sky Sports Inc., was involved in an accident near Garnett, Kansas, 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.

Date

3 December 1988 at 22:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Garnett, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Garnett (K68)

Coordinates

38.2801, -95.2291

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N5851B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Midamerican Sky Sports Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC89LA034

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

HAVING JUST MADE A PARACHUTIST'S DROP, DURING A SKY DIVING OPERATION, THE PRIVATE PILOT SPIRALED DOWN FROM ALTITUDE TO LAND, BUT HAD TO EXTEND HIS PATTERN TO ALLOW A DEPARTING ACFT TO LEAVE. DURING A LONG FINAL APPROACH, THE ENGINE FAILED AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED IN A SOFT PLOWED FARM FIELD. THE ACFT, ON LANDING, DUG IN IT'S NOSE WHEEL AND TURNED OVER. NO MECHANICAL OR FUEL IRREGULARITIES WERE DISCOVERED DURING THE POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WERE FAVORABLE FOR CARBURETOR ICING ACCORDING TO THE 'ICING PROBABLILITY CHARTS'.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.