# NTSB DEN83LA126: Cessna 182Q, N735LP, New Harmony, UT, May 29, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1983, 18:00 local (May 29, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: New Harmony, UT
- Coordinates: 37.459304, -113.259384 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4593&lon=-113.2594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16083
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA126
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16083/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA126

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY DURING LANDING AFTER GOING THROUGH A FENCE/BUSHES AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.THE PILOT HAD MADE ONE GO-AROUND BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED. HE SAID THE WINDSOCK WAS LIMP AS HE OBSEVED IT. HOWEVER,WINDS AT CEDAR CITY FSS, 17 MILES NNE OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, WERE REPORTED TO BE FROM 130 DEGREES AT 12 KTS. THE 2ND APPROACH WAS MADE 70-80 MPH WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS. THE PLT SAID HE TOUCHED DOWN FARTHER DOWN THE RWY THEN HE NORMALLYDID. THE ACFT BOUNCED AND FLOATED BEFORE SETTLING TO THE GROUND. IN SPITE OF HARD BRAKING THE PLT COULD NOT STOP THE THE ACFT ON THE RWY. THE PILOT'S SON STANDING BY THE RWY SAID THE ACFT WENT BY FASTER THAN USUAL AND THEN RAN INTO THE FENCE. THE DENSITY ALT WAS 7298 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N735LP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735LP-2013-05-07), registration cancelled 2013-05-07, S/N 18265511, built 1977 (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: 18265511
- Airframe hours: 425
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John A. Mcdonald, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: SGU, ST. GEORGE, UT
- Airport: Jm Ranch, runway 18, 3,000 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 125 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CDC, 17 nm away

## 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 19830528021809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830528021809A), May 28, 1983: Cessna 182Q, New Harmony, UT, Substantial damage. Landed too long on short farm strip. Ran off end of strip down an incline, through a fence into a ditch.

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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