Cessna 180K N61946
7 October 1993 · Garfield, Washington, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 7 October 1993 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 180K registered N61946, operated by Chapman, Wallace J., was involved in an accident near Garfield, Washington, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Garfield, Washington, United States
- Coordinates
- 46.9910, -117.1600
- Aircraft
- Cessna 180K
- Registration
- N61946
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Chapman, Wallace J.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Spokane → Grangeville
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA94LA016
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
WHILE THE AIRPLANE WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 500 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND SHAKE. THE PILOT SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN AND INITIATED A FORCED LANDING TO AN OPEN AREA. DURING THE GROUND ROLL, THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE ROUGH TERRAIN AND GROUND LOOPED. POST-CRASH INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER THREE CONNECTING ROD WAS BROKEN. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE BREAKING AND DAMAGE OF THE NUMBER THREE CONNECTING ROD WAS THE RESULT OF FATIGUE FRACTURE OF ONE OF THE CONNECTING ROD BOLTS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Sep 1993 | Cessna 180 | Cooper Landing, Alaska, United States | Sixty-Thirty North | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Sep 1993 | Cessna 180C | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | Streb, Norbert | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1993 | Cessna 180J | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | George H. Burk | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jan 1993 | Cessna 180E | Riggins, Idaho, United States | Burnett, Ross L. | No injuries | - |
| 19 Sep 1993 | Cessna 180H | New Philadelphi, Ohio, United States | Robert Henry | No injuries | - |
| 19 May 1993 | Cessna 180H | Ketchikan, Alaska, United States | Sherod, William N. | No injuries | - |
All 2,729 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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