Cessna 182R N73466

Summary

On 6 June 2012 at about 09:00 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N73466, operated by Civil Air Patrol Inc, was involved in an accident near Hilo, Hawaii, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

6 June 2012 at 09:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hilo, Hawaii, United States

Nearest airport

Hilo International Airport (PHTO)

Coordinates

21.2894, -157.9089

Aircraft

Cessna 182R

Registration

N73466

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Civil Air Patrol Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hilo → Hilo

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

WPR12LA314

Nobody was injured.

The damage to the engine firewall for a reason that was undetermined because the damage was not reported when it occurred.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a preflight examination of the airplane, damage to the engine firewall was observed. It was undetermined when and how the damage occurred. Review of flight logs provided by the operator revealed that the airplane had been flown 13 hours since the most recent maintenance was performed. The operator stated that there were no reported hard landings since that maintenance.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.