# Accident 19901104050739A: Cessna 182G, Portal, AZ, November 4, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1990, 14:00 local time
- Place: Portal, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0000° N, 109.2106° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0000&lon=-109.2106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3431S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3431S-2013-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 664 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901104050739A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO NARROW BLIND CANYON LOOKING FOR HUNTING PARTY. REALIZED ERROR,UNABLE TO TURN OR CLIMB. STALLED INTO TREES

## 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 LAX91LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91LA030), Nov 4, 1990: Cessna 182G (N3431S), Portal, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE.

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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