Cessna 182C N8691T

Summary

On 21 June 2007 at about 15:50 local time, a Cessna 182C registered N8691T, operated by Walter N. Long, Jr., was involved in an accident near Hiddenite, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 June 2007 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Hiddenite, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Gryder-Teague Airport (NC58)

Coordinates

35.9183, -81.1142

Aircraft

Cessna 182C

Registration

N8691T

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Walter N. Long, Jr.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Taylorsville → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC07FA145

2 people died.

Carburetor icing, which resulted in a loss of engine power. Also causal, was the pilots' failure to maintain airspeed during the forced landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilots took off, and about 1/2 hour after engine startup, at an unknown altitude and location, the engine lost power. It is unknown which pilot, or if both pilots were at the controls; however, the pilot(s) attempted to stretch the power-off glide to a grass airstrip. Prior to landing, the airplane impacted small tree branches, about 60-70 feet above the ground, then stalled, and subsequently hit the runway environment out of control and tumbled. There was no evidence of any mechanical anomaly of the airframe or engine, and there was sufficient fuel onboard. An engine test cell run with the original carburetor, which had been damaged in the accident, resulted in a successful first start, and incremental increases of power to 2,400 rpm. Replacement of the original carburetor resulted in incremental increases of power to 2,680 rpm. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) icing probability chart indicated no probability of carburetor icing, while several non-FAA charts indicated a probability of carburetor icing at glide and cruise power. In addition, the Cessna 182 is prone to carburetor icing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.