# Accident 20191221019839A: Cessna 182F, Goodyear, AZ, December 21, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2019, 18:22 local time
- Place: Goodyear, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix Goodyear
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3972° N, 112.3983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3972&lon=-112.3983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3371U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3371U-2020-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR20FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20FA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191221019839A

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1822 MST, A CESSNA,

CE-182F, N3371U, REGISTERED TO BEN E. PREUSSER^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED GYR AIRPORT.  ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT AND OWNER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS FLYING A ?MAINTENANCE? FLIGHT TO CHECK HIS NEWLY INSTALLED ADS-B EQUIPMENT.  RADAR TRACK INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD INITIALLY CLIMBED TO 2000 FT AGL, MADE TWO CIRCLES, AND THEN STARTED BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT.

GOODYEAR AIRPORT ATC PERSONNEL TOLD N3371U TO SLOW IN ORDER TO LET ANOTHER AIRCRAFT LAND FIRST.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACKNOWLEDGED.  RADAR SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO 52 KNOTS.  THIS PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT?S STALL SPEED IS 49 KNOTS WITH FLAPS BETWEEN 30 TO 40%, WHICH WAS INDICATED AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.  BASED ON RADAR TRACK INFORMATION THE PIC DROPPED DOWN TO 100 AGL IN A GRADUAL DECENT.  APPROXIMATELY, EIGHT AND A HALF MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF AND 1.5 MILES SW OF GOODYEAR AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A HIGH TENSION POWER LINE.

THE POWER LINES DAMAGED WERE NOTED BY THE ELECTRIC COMPANY PRESENT AT THE SCENE (SRP), TO BE AT 111 FT AGL.  WITNESS MARKS SHOW THAT TWO ELECTRICAL LINES WERE INITIALLY STRUCK BY THE LEFT WING AND STRUT.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER, IMPACTING THE GROUND IN AN INVERTED POSITION.  THE PIC WAS FATALLY INJURED AND WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD.  THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL.

THE REPORTED WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS WINDS AT 020 DEGREES AND 06 KTS.  THE VISIBILITY WAS 10+ MILES AND CLEAR.  APPROXIMATELY 40 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS SIPHONED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF RECOVERY.  THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS NOTED AS BEING IN THE ?BOTH? FUEL TANK POSITION.

AFTER TEAR DOWN AND INSPECTION, THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS THAT THE ENGINE,  AIRFRAME, FLIGHT CONTROLS, OR ANY COMPONENTS HAD ISSUES WHICH WOULD HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.  THE ADS-B EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE WHICH HAD BEEN RECENTLY ADDED WERE INSTALLED PER REGULATIONS.  A PART 91.413 RECERTIFICATION WAS COMPLIED WITH ON 12/20/19.

## 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 WPR20FA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20FA049), Dec 22, 2019: Cessna 182 (N3371U), Goodyear, AZ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from power lines due to his impairment from cannabis.

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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