# Accident 20030210002069A: Cessna 182A, Tubacity, AZ, February 10, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2003, 14:30 local time
- Place: Tubacity, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3256° N, 111.4831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3256&lon=-111.4831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5029D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5029D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030210002069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT MADE A FORCED LANDING NORTH OF TUBA CITY, ARIZONA. PILOT STATES THAT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT AT ABOUT 9500 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER, SHE DID NOT FEEL ANY SORT OF VIBRATION FROM ENGINE, STATING ENGINE SEEMED TO BE AT IDLE POWER. PILOT IMMEDIATELY APPLIED CARB HEAT AND MANIPULATED ENGINE CONTROLS TO TRY AND REGAIN POWER AND CIRCLED TO LAND. PILOT LOCATED A DIRT ROAD AND ATTEMPTED A FORCED/EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED MISSING THE DIRT ROAD BY ABOUT 50 YARDS AND APPROXIMATELY 80 DEGREES PERPENDICULAR TO THE ROAD. UPON INITIAL IMPACT THE NOSE GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND CAME TO A STOP RESTING ON ITS NOSE. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE RIGHT WING FORWARD AND AFT SPARS WHEN THE RIGHT WING SLAPPED THE GROUND AFTER AIRCRAFT CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION SHOWS FLAPS WERE RETRACTED, AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE SUFFICIENT FUEL, FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND SELECTED OFF, AND ALL ENGINE CONTROLS WERE INTACT AND APPEARED TO MOVE SMOOTHLY.

## 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 LAX03LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA087), Feb 10, 2003: Cessna 182A (N5029D), The Gap, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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