# Accident 19981012028829A: Cessna 182P, Payson, AZ, October 12, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 12, 1998, 11:20 local time - Place: Payson, AZ - Airport: Payson Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 34.1900° N, 111.1708° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1900&lon=-111.1708&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1938M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1938M-2010-10-05) (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 - Reported engine: CONT O470S - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 2,178 total, 21 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA009) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981012028829A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFT BOUNCED ON LANDING, LOST ENGINE POWER. (.19)ON OCTOBER 12, 1998, AT 1120 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182P, N1938M, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT THE PAYSON, ARIZONA, AIRPORT. THE INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, HIT AN EMBANKMENT, AND OVERTURNED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT WAS A RETURN TRIP TO PAYSON AFTER BREAKFAST IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. (-4) ON OCTOBER 12, 1998, AT 1120 HOURS MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 182P, N1938M, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT THE PAYSON, ARIZONA, AIRPORT. THE INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, HIT AN EMBANKMENT, AND OVERTURNED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT WAS A RETURN TRIP TO PAYSON AFTER BREAKFAST IN SEDONA, ARIZONA. THE PILOT STATED HIS INTIAL DEPARTURE FROM PAYSON WAS AT 0815 AND THE FLIGHT TO SEDONA WAS UNEVENTFUL. AFTER DEPARTING SEDONA, THEY CRUISED AROUND THE METEOR CRATER SOUTH OF WINSLOW, AZ., AND RETURNED TO PAYSON. NOTICING MEN AND EQUIPMENT ON THE RUNWAY, HE REQUESTED THROUGH UNICOM THAT THE RUNWAY BE CLEARED. THE TRUCK VACATED THE RUNWAY BUT REMAINED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, APPROX. 1,000 FEET DOWN FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 24. THE PILOT INDICATED HE FLEW A SLIGHTLY HIGH APPROACH TO AVOID TOUCHING DOWN PRIOR TO THE MEN AND EQUIPMENT. AFTER BOUNCING ON LANDING, HE INTIATED A GO-AROUND. DURING THE GO-AROUND, THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A BOULDER SHEARING OFF THE NOSE WHEEL AND STRUT. IT BEGAN TO SKID, THE NOSE DUG THE DIRT, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. CRUSH DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE ENGIEN COWLING, BOTH WINGS, RUDDER, AND VERTICAL STABILIZER. THE PROPELLER WAS BENT AND THE FUSELAGE AND EMPENNAGE WERE BUCKLED. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSEBGER EXITED THROUGH THE RIGHT DOOR. THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER DID NOT HAVE A SHOULDER HARNESS AND SAID HE WAS THROWN VIOLENTLY INTO THE BACK OF THE FRONT SEAT. HE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN RELEASING HIS SEAT BELT AND HAD TO BE ASSISTED BY THE PILOT. SUSTAINING HEAD AND CHECST INJURIES, HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL FOR OVERNIGHT TREATMENT AND OBSERVATION. THE PILOT AND OTHER PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES. IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PILOT SAID THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS OR FAILURES OF THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. (-23) ON OCTOBER 12, 1998, CESSNA N1938M, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING LANDING AT THE PAYSON, ARIZONA AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES WHEN HE BOUNCED DURING LANDING, LOST CONTROL, HIT AN EMBANKMENT AND OVERTURNED. ## 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 LAX99LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA009), Oct 12, 1998: Cessna 182P (N1938M), Payson, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain runway alignment during a go-around. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.