- Date
- September 17, 1984, 20:30 local (Sep 18, 1984, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Glen Canyon, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1939MCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840917050309A
- Case key
- 16243
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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 crashed into the 10388 ft high navaho mountain at about the 9800 ft level. Reportedly there was no moon that evening. The plt had departed hayward, CA at 1351 MDT & was enroute to farmington, NM. The acft crashed at 2027 MDT. Investigation revealed the 67 yr old pilot was said to be overweight, a heavy smoker, was under great pressure, easily became upset & had never flown this route before. The former wwii bomber plt also had limited night & instrument experience. The plt seemed confused during radio communications. There were scattered & isolated thunderstorms in the area.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1939M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 182-64492
- Airframe hours
- 16,564
- Engine
- Teledyne Cont O-470-S, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lyle Rober Gibson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 23, 1984 · 674 hours before
- Departed
- SGU · St George, UT
- Destination
- FMN · Farmington, NM
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 49,884 total · 484 in this make and model · 919 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CDC, 140 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.