Cessna 182 N9914M

Summary

On 8 November 2018 at about 23:53 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N9914M was involved in an accident near Ontario, California, United States. 3 people were 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

8 November 2018 at 23:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Ontario, California, United States

Nearest airport

Cable (CCB)

Coordinates

34.1347, -117.6633

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N9914M

Category

Airplane

Year built

1976

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Yerington → Upland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR19LA021

Nobody was injured.

A partial loss of engine power during descent due to an incorrectly installed carburetor.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane encountered severe turbulence and downdrafts after flying through a mountain pass, and the pilot applied full engine power in an effort to arrest the descent. The engine did not respond, and the pilot performed a forced landing onto a highway. While the pilot attempted to avoid automobiles, the airplane landed hard and sustained substantial damage. Examination revealed that about 20 years and 300 flight hours before the accident, threaded studs had been used to mount the carburetor airbox to the carburetor inlet, rather than the appropriate bolts. The studs had been overdriven and penetrated the carburetor bowl, fracturing the bowl housing. Fragments of the damaged housing lay at the bottom of the bowl until the accident flight, when the turbulence likely caused them to migrate and interfere with either the float or the fuel mixture metering system.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.