# Accident 20110129001489A: Cessna 182K, Adrian, OR, January 29, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2011, 20:30 local time
- Place: Adrian, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6736° N, 117.1228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6736&lon=-117.1228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3083Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3083Q-2012-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110129001489A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ONTARIO, OREGON (KONO) AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 LOCAL TIME, ENROUTE TO NAMPA, IDAHO (KMAN).  AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 AND FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH OF ADRIAN, OREGON IN A WINGS-LEVEL ATTITUDE.  EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME WRECKAGE REVEALED FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY.  EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED IT WAS PRODUCING CRUISE POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT WITH NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED.  EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLER REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES.  THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF FUEL AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 WPR11FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA116), Jan 30, 2011: Cessna 182K (N3083Q), Adrian, OR, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot did not maintain sufficient altitude to clear mountainous terrain while in cruise flight in the dark.

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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