# NTSB DEN85LA235: Cessna 182N, N9229, Moab, UT, September 3, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 3, 1985, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Moab, UT
- Coordinates: 38.529624, -109.549934 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5296&lon=-109.5499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16758
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA235
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16758/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA235

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - engine assembly,piston - disintegrated (cause)
  - remedial action - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED AFTER THE ACCIDENT THAT HE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER WHILE CRUISING AT 8500 MSL. HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTORE POWER AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN AN OPEN AREA COVERED BY SAGE BRUSH. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE ACFTNOSED OVER. EXAMINATION OF THE ENG REVEALED THE NO. 2 PISTON HAD FAILED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THE ENG HAD BEEN OVERHAULED APPX 1495 HRS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9229 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18269138
- Airframe hours: 4310
- Engines: LYCOMING O-470 SERIES 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Red Tail Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 21, 1985, 72 hours before
- Departed: CNY, MOAB, UT
- Destination: 3, HITE, UT

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,500 total, 280 in this make and model, 4,350 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F

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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