- Date
- June 3, 1993, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Stratton, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2131GCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930603020959A
- Case key
- 18293
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Probable cause
The selection of unsuitable terrain for a precautionary landing by the pilot in command. A factor was: misjudging the deteriorating weather.
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
While on a cross country flight, the weather deteriorated and the non instrument rated pilot attempted a precautionary landing on a road. The road was wet, soft, and muddy, and during landing roll, the aircraft departed the road and impacted in a roadside ditch. The pilot had received a weather brief one hour prior to departure. The weather brief forecast the weather to be VFR along the route of flight and to remain VFR for at least two hours after arrival.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2131G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51431
- Airframe hours
- 1,418
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Trimmer, Marvin E.
- Registered owner
- Trimmer, Marvin E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 5, 1993 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- LHX · La Junta, CO
- Destination
- LIC · Limon, CO
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 426 total · 191 in this make and model · 387 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LHX, 125 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.
Other investigations on N2131G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.