# Accident 20151004019349A: Bushmaster LS-180, Marble Canyon, AZ, October 4, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2015, 13:50 local time
- Place: Marble Canyon, AZ
- Airport: Cliff Dwellers
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7344° N, 111.7527° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLIFF DWELLERS (AZ03), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7344&lon=-111.7527&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BUSHMASTER LS-180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 150 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151004019349A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEFT HENDERSON FIELD IN LAS VEGAS WITH ONE PAX (WIFE) AFTER GETTING A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN FLIGHT SERVICES, FILING A FLIGHT PLAN AND GETTING AN AIRSTRIP BRIEFING FROM FIELD OWNER. WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH LIGHT WIND JUST EAST OF DESTINATION (PAGE) WITH WARNINGS OF THUNDERSTORMS TO WEST OF LAS VEGAS. HOWEVER IN FLIGHT NEAR THE GRAND CANYON THERE WAS RAIN AND SOLID CLOUD OVER THE INTENDED AREA OF ROUTE. PILOT DIVERTED TO THE NORTH STAYING IN CLEAR SKIES AND WITH UNLIMITED VISIBILITY TO THE NORTH. PILOT CALLED FLIGHT SERVICE TO CHECK WINDS AT ST. GEORGE AND PAGE AND AT THAT TIME THEY WERE STILL LIGHT. THE RAIN/CLOUD AREA WAS WELL DEFINED AND CONFINED TO THE WESTERN GRAND CANYON AREA. PILOT CONTINUED AROUND IT TO THE NORTH STAYING IN CLEAR SKIES ON THE EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION AND PROCEEDED TO THE AIRSTRIP WITH THE RAIN OFF TO THE WEST AT LEAST 20 NM WEST OF AIRSTRIP. CROSSING AIRSTRIP AT MIDFIELD AT 800' ABOVE THE STRIP THE WIND SOCK INDICATED A STRONG BUT STEADY CROSS WIND, NO TURBULENCE WAS EXPERIENCED AND AIRSTRIP APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE, SUDDENLY LOST ALTITUDE AND PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER DESPITE USING FULL POWER. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND, SLID A FEW HUNDRED FEET BEFORE COMING TO A STOP UPRIGHT ABOUT 50' FROM END OF RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND NO SMELL OF FUEL.

PILOT AND PAX (1) EXITED THE AIRPLANE AND THEN PILOT RETURNED TO TURN OFF ELT AND FUEL AND ENSURE MASTER WAS OFF.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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