Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Cincinnati Muni-Lunken Field Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Fort Thomas, Kentucky 65076
Saturday, September 22, 2012 21:50 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On September 22, 2012, about 2150 central daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N735FJ, was substantially damaged when it impacted trees and terrain in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. The private pilot and the passenger sustained minor injuries. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a no flight plan had been filed for the local flight that originated at Cincinnati Municipal Airport-Lunken Field (LUK), Cincinnati, Ohio. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91.
According to the pilot, the flight had been flown at 3,000 feet, and he had descended the airplane to 2,500 feet on an extended downwind traffic pattern leg to LUK runway 3R (field elevation was 483 feet), when the engine began to lose power. The pilot confirmed the positions of the engine throttle and the fuel selector, but the engine continued to lose power, and the airplane descended into the trees.
During a postflight interview, the pilot noted that the carburetor temperature gauge had been to the far left since the beginning of the flight, indicating severe carburetor icing, but that he thought there was a problem with the gauge and made a mental note to have his mechanic check it. He also noted that he had utilized carburetor heat several times during the flight.
The responding Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector did not note any preexisting mechanical anomalies with the airplane. Photographs he provided included the propeller, with no noticeable chordwise scratching, and one of the two blades bent aft.
Another photograph showed the carburetor heat control partially pulled out; however, its position in flight, before the crash sequence, could not be confirmed.
Weather, recorded at LUK at 2153, included calm winds, a temperature of 9 degrees C, and a dew point of 2 degrees C. Utilizing those ambient temperature/dew point conditions, the FAA chart titled "Conditions Favoring Carb Ice Formation" indicated the probability of serious carburetor icing at cruise power.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/22/2012 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 2150 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Fort Thomas |
| Event State | KENTUCKY |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 65076 |
| Event Date Year | 2012 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 390326N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0842614W |
| Event Location Airport | Cincinnati Muni-Lunken Field |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | LUK |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 2 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 483 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | -- |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2153 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 30 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | LUK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 480 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 2 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Night |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 9 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 2 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.16 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 2 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA Southern ROC |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 27 2012 9:06PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coxp |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N735FJ |
| NTSB Number | ERA12LA575 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | Unknown |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 182Q |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 18265387 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | 2 |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | 2 |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Unknown |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | DMA ASSOCIATES |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | -- |
| Aircraft Owner City | EDGEWOOD |
| Aircraft Owner State | KY |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 41017-3377 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | Gary Johnston |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | EDGEWOOD |
| Operator State | KY |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 41017-3377 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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 | LUK |
| Departure City | Cincinnati |
| Departure State | OH |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | -- |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | LUK |
| Destination City | Cincinnati |
| Destination State | OH |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Sep 27 2012 9:06PM |
| User who most recently changed record | coxp |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 03R |
| Runway Length | 6101 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |