38.3720° N, 110.7135° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Hanksville, UT, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 13, 1983 · 21:00 local
Place
Hanksville, UT
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3245Y
Reported as
Cessna 182
Reported engine
Continental O470L
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
141 total141 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Near vertical impact. No ground lights and thunderstorms in area. Indicates loss of control prior to impact.
As the FAA filed it
NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT. NO GROUND LIGHTS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA. INDICATES LOSS OF CONTROL PRIOR TO IMPACT.