Skip to content

CHI83LA017

1982-10-16 · CLEVELAND, Ohio, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport BKL

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

BEFORE TAKING OFF ON A NIGHT FLIGHT, WATER WAS DRAINED FROM THE FUEL SUMPS. WHEN THE PILOTS WERE SATISFIED THAT ALL OF THE WATER WAS DRAINED FROM THE TANKS, THEY DEPARTED. THE FLIGHT WAS ROUTINE UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING. ABOUT 1 MILE FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCREW INITIATED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND TURNED TO AVERT A WATER LANDING. AN EMERGENCY/CRASH LANDING WAS MADE IN A LANDFILL AREA. AN EXAMINATION AND RUN-UP OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO PREIMPACT, MECHANICAL FAILURES. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_CHI83LA017.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.

Related research

Matched on aircraft type. All research papers