- Date
- November 8, 1982, 16:02 local (23:02 UTC)
- Place
- Orderville, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5149DCessna 182A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821108057969A
- Case key
- 72099
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft crashed in mountainous terrain on a x-country in bad weather. The plt had received a weather briefing which hadincluded the caution that VFR flt was not recommended. Also the acft had no radio so the plt told the briefer to assume him off at 1330 hours. The plt had flown the proposed route many times. This time the acft was reported as missing when it failed to arrive at destination. The acft was not found until 6/4/83. The acft had impacted the mountainous terrain in a wings level 70 degree nose low attitude at high speed. It made a crater about 3 ft deep. A fast moving front had moved through that area on the accident day at about the presumed time of the accident according to the deputy sheriff who is also a private plt. About 1/2 inch of snow fell in a short time and it did not melt according to the sheriff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5149D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51249
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rudger G. Smith
- Registered owner
- Ponderosa Park Devel. Co.
- Departed
- Provo, UT
- Destination
- Prescott, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 74
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,177 total · 537 in this make and model · 1,154 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 15 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 90 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.