# NTSB DEN82DA084: Cessna 182Q, N5381N, Provo, UT, May 14, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1982, 22:00 local (May 14, 1982, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Provo, UT
- Location: 40.2192° N, 111.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PROVO MUNI (PVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2192&lon=-111.7234&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72319
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72319/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA084

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - rudder - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - delayed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY DURING LANDING. POWER WAS APPLIED FOR A GO-AROUND, HOWEVER, THE PILOT STATED THE APPLICATION OF FULL FLAPS (40 DEGREES) PREVENTED LIFT OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5381N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5381N), registered now, S/N 18267676, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267676
- Airframe hours: 561
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Clifford Olling
- Registered owner: Richard Roach
- Departed: SAN JOSE, CA
- Destination: HHR, HAWTHORNE, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: PVU, Provo Municipal, runway 31, 7,092 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 1,585 total, 96 in this make and model, 885 as pilot in command, 141 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 140 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820513019129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820513019129A), May 13, 1982: Cessna 182Q, Provo, UT, Substantial damage. Drifted off runway during flair for landing. Settled into tall grass and flipped over. Flaps were at 40 degrees.

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.

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