- Date
- June 2, 1984, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Junction, UT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N661SRCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840602024319A
- Case key
- 16391
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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 pilot inadvertently landed on a closed section of highway which he mistook for a dirt runway. The highway surface was narrow and contained broken chunks of asphalt. During the landing roll, the left main gear contacted a 1 ft x 1 ft rock. The acft then veered to the left and contacted a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N661SR
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18264373
- Airframe hours
- 4,345
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brent Bateman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 15, 1983
- Departed
- Provo, UT
- Airport
- U13 · Junction
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 285 total · 171 in this make and model · 252 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.