# Accident 19810417020539A: Cessna R182, Eureka, UT, April 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Eureka, UT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9587° N, 112.1151° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eureka, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9587&lon=-112.1151&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3291C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3291C-1982-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 328 total, 8 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTM18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTM18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417020539A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON ROAD NEAR FAMILY CEMETARY. WING HIT TREE. AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER. NO ENGINE PROBLEMS FOUND.

## 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 DEN81FTM18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTM18), Apr 17, 1981: Cessna R182 (N3291C), Eureka, UT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3291C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790207005119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790207005119I), Feb 7, 1979: N3291C, Elko, NV, Minor damage. Pilot mistook car tracks in snow for runway and landed off runway.

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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