# Accident 19810313009589A: Cessna 182Q, Apache Junction, AZ, March 13, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 1981, 16:30 local time
- Place: Apache Junction, AZ
- Airport: L W Hardy
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4150° N, 111.5496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Apache Junction, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4150&lon=-111.5496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4932N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4932N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,031 total, 150 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810313009589A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THROTTLE STUCK. MADE UNSCHEDULED LANDING ON PRIVATE STRIP. STRUCK COWS. THROTTLE JAMMED. DEFECT IN MANUFACTURE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX81FUJ41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ41), Mar 13, 1981: Cessna 182Q (N4932N), Apache Jct, AZ, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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