# Accident 19810507025019A: Cessna 182P, Monument Valley, UT, May 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1981, 13:30 local time
- Place: Monument Valley, UT
- Airport: Monument Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0167° N, 110.2007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONUMENT VALLEY (UT25), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0167&lon=-110.2007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3117U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3117U-2012-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81DTM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTM23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810507025019A

## Narrative

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

TOO SLOW ON FINAL, STALLED, IMPACTED EMBANKMENT SHORT OF RUNWAY. POSSIBLE MODERATE DOWNDRAFT IN AREA.

## 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 DEN81DTM23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTM23), May 7, 1981: Cessna 182P (N3117U), Monument Vly, UT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3117U (1)

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

- [Accident 19780107006699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780107006699A), Jan 7, 1978: Cessna 182F (N3117U), Sells, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Plt had not flown at night as PIC.he would usually land before dass & continue next day.

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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