- Date
- July 5, 1983, 22:20 local (Jul 6, 1983, 04:20 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8935TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830705034249A
- Case key
- 16110
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft landed short of the rwy after a power loss at about 100 ft AGL on final approach. The weather was VMC with the temperature at 80 degrees f and the dewpoint 42 degrees f. the pilot had started a let down at 11,500 ft to descend 5700FT for landing. During the descent at idle power the carburetor heat was not used. The pilot had been advancing the throttle at intervals to 'clear' the engine. When the throttle was advanced at about 100 ft AGL the engine did not respond.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8935T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52835
- Airframe hours
- 3,965
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nupetco Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 25, 1982 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- SJC · San Jose, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SLC · Salt Lake City, runway 16L, 9,596 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 97 in this make and model · 55 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 1 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.