# NTSB DEN83LA160: Cessna 182C, N8935T, Salt Lake City, UT, July 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 5, 1983, 22:20 local (Jul 6, 1983, 04:20 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Coordinates: 40.699493, -111.849792 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6995&lon=-111.8498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16110
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16110/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA160

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - fuel system,carburetor - ice (cause)
  - carburetor heat - not used, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8935T-1989-07-24), registration cancelled 1989-07-24, S/N 52835 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Registry model: [Cessna 182C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (registry code 2072708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 52835
- Airframe hours: 3965
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830705034249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830705034249A), Jul 5, 1983: Cessna 182C, Salt Lake City, UT, Substantial damage. After long descent for landing engine failed to respond on final approach and aircraft landed short hitting 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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