# NTSB DEN84FA275: Cessna 182F, N3110U, Rock Springs, WY, August 31, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 31, 1984, 15:28 local (21:28 UTC)
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Coordinates: 41.589565, -109.220397 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5896&lon=-109.2204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16237
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84FA275
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16237/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA275

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON THE RETURN LEG OF FLT FROM CALIFORNIA TO WISCONSIN. A LANDING APCH WAS MADE TO RWY 27 AT ROCK SPRINGS (ELEV 6747), TEMP WAS 76 DEGREES, WIND 220 AT 23 KTS. ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR AFTER TOUCHDOWN AND THEN INITIATE A CLIMB DURING WHICH THE WINGS WERE NOTED TO BE WAVERING. ACFT ENTERED A STEEP RIGHT BANK AND DESCENDED TO GROUND IMPACT. DENSITY ALTITUDE CALCULATED AS 9000 FT. FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE FULL UP POSITION AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3110U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254510
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Genevieve Wagner
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed: EKO, ELKO, NV
- Destination: RKS, ROCK SPRINGS, WY
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: RKS, Rock Springs/Sweetwater, runway 27, 10,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 992 total, 466 in this make and model, 834 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 23 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RKS

## 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 19840831074389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840831074389A), Aug 31, 1984: Cessna 182F, Rock Springs, WY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft bounced on landing. Became airborne in a nose high attitude, banked sharply to right and cartwheeled.

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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