# NTSB DEN82DA190: Cessna 310P, N5836M, Wendover, UT, September 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: September 12, 1982, 20:30 local (Sep 13, 1982, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Wendover, UT
- Coordinates: 40.589653, -111.810043 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5897&lon=-111.8100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72993
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72993/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA190

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - turbulence (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - hail (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED HE BECAME DISORIENTED WHILE FLYING FROM SALT LAKE CITY TO WENDOVER. HE DESCENDED TO 8000 FT TO KEEP CLEAR OF ICE AND HAIL AND COULD NOT RECEIVE A NAVIGATIONAL SIGNAL FROM THE WENDOVER OR BONNEVILLE NAVIGATIONAL FACILITY.WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH HIS POSITION ON HIS SECTIONAL THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO THE GROUND. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THERE WERE NO MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE EN ROUTE FACILITIES AT BONNEVILLE OR WENDOVER. THE MINIMUM EN ROUTE ALTITUDE TO RECEIVE A SIGNAL BETWEEN SALT LAKE CITY AND WENDOVER IS 9000 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5836M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5836M-2013-02-21), registration cancelled 2013-02-21, S/N 310P0136, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Registry model: [Cessna 310P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (registry code 2074238) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 136
- Airframe hours: 231
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-VO 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kubo Sadeo
- Registered owner: Kubo Sadeo
- Departed: AI, CODY, WY
- Destination: AI, REDDING, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 218 total, 103 in this make and model, 175 as pilot in command, 90 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark

## 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 19820912068929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820912068929A), Sep 12, 1982: Cessna 310P, Wendover, UT, Substantial damage. Became lost at night in frontal passage, rain, fog and hail. Struck ground maneuvering at a low altitude.

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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