# Accident 20000922015069A: Cessna 182G, Tuba City, AZ, September 22, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2000, 20:43 local time
- Place: Tuba City, AZ
- Airport: Tuba City Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0899° N, 111.1307° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0899&lon=-111.1307&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3103S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3103S-2001-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 4,454 total, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00FA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA346) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000922015069A

## Narrative

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

(-23)NO NARRATIVE (.4) THE PILOT HAD VOLUNTEERED THE USE OF HIS AIRPLANE FOR THE FLIGHTS FOR LIFE, INC. ORGANIZATION, AND WAS TRANSPORTING BLOOD TO AN INDIAN RESERVATION AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO A COURIER FOR THE HOSPITAL, THE AIRPLANE WAS TO ARRIVE ABOUT 2035. THE COURIER ARRIVED ABOUT 2025, AND ABOUT 2030, THE PILOT-OPERATED RUNWAY LIGHTS CAME ON. WITHIN 3 TO 5 MINUTES THE COURIER SAW AN AIRPLANE'S LIGHTS HEADING TOWARD THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE FLEW FROM SOUTH TO NORTH; SHE ESTIMATED ABOUT TWO TELEPHONE POLES ABOVE THE AIRPORT, CONTINUED NORTH, AND DID NOT LAND. THE COURIER ESTIMATED THAT THE WINDS, WHICH WERE ROCKING HER CAR, WERE FROM THE WEST. AFTER WAITING SOME PERIOD OF TIME, SHE ADVISED THE HOSPITAL THAT THE AIRPLANE DID NOT ARRIVE AND SHE DEPARTED. SHE SAID THE WINDS WERE CALM AT THE TIME OF HER DEPARTURE. THE AIRPLANE WAS LOCATED THE NEXT DAY ON THE DOWNWIND LEG IN MOUNTAINOUS/HILLY TERRAIN. IT WAS A DARK NIGHT WITH FEW GROUND REFERENCES.

## 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 LAX00FA346](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00FA346), Sep 23, 2000: Cessna 182G (N3103S), Tuba City, AZ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent descent into terrain on the downwind leg for landing. Contributing to the accident was the dark night and sparse population.

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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