Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Big Bear City, California 92314
Saturday, May 19, 1984 13:48 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, SHORTLY AFTER LANDING GEAR RETRACTION, THE ENG BACKFIRED AND EXPERIENCED A TOTAL POWER LOSS. THE PLT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD JUST OFF THE RWY. THE ACFT BOUNCED ONCE AND CAME TO REST IN A CITY PARK. IT IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT FIRE. THE TWO OCCUPANTS ESCAPED FROM THE ACFT, BUT WERE SERIOUSLY BURNED. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT SHOWED EVIDENCE OF OVERHEATING. THERE WERE INDICATIONS ON ALL SPARK PLUGS OF HEAVY DEPOSITS OF LEAD AND OIL. THE SPARK PLUGS WERE NOT GAPPED CONSISTANTLY. THE ELECTRODES WERE GRAY IN COLOR. TESTS CONDUCTED ON THE PLUGS REVEALED THAT THE MAJORITY FAILED TO FIRE AT HIGH MANIFOLD PRESSURES. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10000 FT MSL. THE PLT STATED THAT ON RUN-UP THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH, BUT LEANING THE MIXTURE HELPED. HE STATED THAT HE ADJUSTED THE MIXTURE TO FULL RICH FOR TAKEOFF.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 5/19/1984
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1348
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City BIG BEAR CITY
Event State CALIFORNIA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 92314
Event Date Year 1984
Event Date Month 5
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Off Airport/Airstrip
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1355 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 200
Weather Observation Facility ID SBD
Elevation of weather observation facility 1157
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 23
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Partial Obscuration
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 5
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 32
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 9
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 300
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 4
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29
Density Altitude (feet) 10000
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Serious
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious 2
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1059
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time 0
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 24800
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:15AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N756BS
NTSB Number LAX84FA299
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Ground
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model TR182
Aircraft Series Identifier TR182
Aircraft Serial Number 1032
Certified Max Gross Weight 3100
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Aug 1 1983 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 1472
Airframe Hours 6137
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name MORTON B. WEINER
Aircraft Owner Street Address 28301 RIDGE HAVEN
Aircraft Owner City PAWS VERDES
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 90274
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 25321 BELLANCAWAY
Operator City TORRANCE
Operator State CA
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 90505
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate Yes - certificate holder
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code L35
Departure City BIG BEAR CITY
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code TOA
Destination City TORRANCE
Destination State CA
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 7
Runway Length 5850
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --