# NTSB DEN00LA065: Cessna 182K, N2722Q, Hanksville, UT, March 25, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 25, 2000, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC) - Place: Hanksville, UT - Coordinates: 38.269245, -110.749122 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2692&lon=-110.7491&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor - Status: Completed, report December 4, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 48865 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN00LA065 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/48865/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA065 ## Probable cause The pilot inadvertently allowing the airplane to porpoise after landing hard, and inadvertently stalling the airplane after aborting the landing attempt. Factors were wind gusts, and the pilot failing to reconfigure the airplane (resetting the elevator trim and raising the flaps). ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight encounter with weather, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor) - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) - aborted landing - attempted, pilot in command - elevator trim - not set, pilot in command (contributing factor) - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause) - In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis The pilot said the winds were gusting 5 to 15 knots as he made his approach to an abandoned air strip. Just before the airplane touched down, he encountered a downdraft that forced the airplane to the ground. It began to porpoise, and he added power to abort the landing. The airplane lifted off but was trimmed for landing. The pilot said he could not move fast enough to reset the trim and flaps. The airplane rolled to the left and a wind gust rolled it further. The airplane stalled about 50 feet above the ground and hit on its left wing and cartwheeled. ## Factual narrative On March 25, 2000, approximately 1515 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182K, N2722Q, registered to and operated by the pilot, was destroyed during a balked landing at an abandoned air strip near Hanksville, Utah. The private pilot was seriously injured, and a passenger sustained minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated from Bullfrog Basin Airport, Lake Powell, Utah, approximately 1445. In an telephone conversation, the pilot of N2722Q said he belonged to an organization called the "Utah Back Country Pilots Association." His airplane was one of three that had departed Bountiful, Utah, earlier that morning, and had flown to Lake Powell's Bullfrog Basin Airport. The pilots later decided to fly to a nearby abandoned airstrip about 29 miles southeast of Hanksville. The airstrip is on land owned by the Bureau of Land Management, and is located at a position of 38 degrees, 09.425 minutes north latitude, and 110 degrees, 17.378 minutes west longitude. The first two airplanes landed successfully. In his accident report, the pilot said the winds were gusting 5 to 15 knots. Just before his airplane touched down, he encountered a "[down] draft" that forced the airplane into the ground. "It hit so hard," he wrote, "that it started to porpoise and I had to get out before it porpoised again." He added power and the airplane lifted off, "but being trimmed and set up for landing on a short dirt field, I could [not] move fast enough to reset the trim and flaps. The airplane lift ceased and [the airplane] rolled to the left and the gusting wind caught it and rolled it over further. The airplane stalled about 50 feet above the ground and hit on its left wing and cartwheeled once." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N2722Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2722Q-2000-06-14), registration cancelled 2000-06-14, S/N 18257922 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182K - Registry model: [Cessna 182K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (registry code 2072724) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18257922 - Airframe hours: 2800 - Engines: Continental IO-520 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Rex E. Zollinger - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 30, 1999, 220 hours before - Departed: U07, GLEN CANYON, UT - Destination: NONE - Airport: NONE, Happy Canyon, runway 24, 2,000 × ft ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 59; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,000 total, 825 in this make and model, 1,000 as pilot in command, 30 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Lowest ceiling: none ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000325007569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000325007569A), Mar 25, 2000: Cessna 182K, Hanksville, UT, No damage. (-23) Landing abandoned strip, bounced twice, attempted go around, nose high, gust raised rifht wing to vertical. Pilot lost control, aircraft stalled and… ## Other investigations on N2722Q (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 DEN68D0114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN68D0114), Sep 28, 1967: Cessna 182 (N2722Q), Salt Lake City, UT, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.