# Accident 19940527012739A: Cessna 182B, Rock Springs, WY, May 27, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1994, 22:00 local time
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Airport: Rock Springs Sweetwater Count
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5836° N, 109.0784° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5836&lon=-109.0784&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2582G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2582G-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 115 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA94FA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94FA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940527012739A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN SERVERE GUSTY WIND FROM APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. FLEW INTO GROUND FROM A 60 DEGREE BANK.

## 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 SEA94FA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94FA129), May 28, 1994: Cessna 182B (N2582G), Rock Springs, WY, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: AN EXCESSIVE DESCENT RATE IN THE TURN FROM BASE TO FINAL. FACTORS INCLUDE A DARK NIGHT, HIGH WINDS, AND THE PILOT'S FATIGUE FROM HIS FLIGHT AND GROUND SCHEDULE THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N2582G (1)

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

- [Incident 19780208007739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780208007739I), Feb 8, 1978: Cessna 182 (N2582G), Hailey, ID, Minor damage. Low RPM did not respond to carburetor heat. Pilot may have waited too long before applying it.

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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