# Accident 20070528007489A: Cessna 182G, Moab, UT, May 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2007, 06:45 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Airport: Canyonlands Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: S2GA
- Location: 38.7589° N, 109.7444° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7589&lon=-109.7444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2164R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2164R-2007-10-17) (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 O470A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,900 total, 1,510 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070528007489A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MOAB (CANYONLANDS-CNY) RUNWAY 03 WITH AN EARLY RIGHT TURN OUT TO THE SOUTHBOUND IN A CLIMB. AIRCRAFT MADE A LEFT TURN TO A NORTH HEADING, THEN LEFT WING DROPPED AND NOSED DOWN. AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND LEFT WING & LEFT MAIN GEAR FOLLOWED BY ENGINE. IT SLID SIDEWAYS ON THE FUSELAGE BOUNCING BACK INTO THE AIR AND THEN HITTING RIGHT WING COMING TO REST FACING A WESTERLY DIRECTION. BOTH WINGS HAD BROKEN OFF AT FUSELAGE. LEFT MAIN & NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE WAS CANTED UP AT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE. FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM BOTH TANKS WHEN AN EYEWITNESS ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND SPOKE WITH THE PILOT WHILE CALLING EMERGENCY RESPONSE CREW AT MOAB ON HIS CELL PHONE. THE PILOT WAS PINNED IN THE WRECKAGE BY THE DASH BUT WAS CONSCIOUS & SPEAKING WITH EYEWITNESS. AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE UNDER POWER WHEN IT HIT THE GROUND.

## 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 SEA07LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA137), May 28, 2007: Cessna 182 (N2164R), Moab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while maneuvering after takeoff.

## Other reports on N2164R (1)

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

- [Accident 19970713044469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970713044469A), Jul 13, 1997: Cessna 182G (N2164R), Fresno, CA, Substantial damage. Stalled on high level flare. Impacted runway on nose gear. Damaged firewall and airframe nose section.

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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