# NTSB FTW82DA057: Cessna 172, N8862B, Navajo Dam, NM, February 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 13, 1982, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Navajo Dam, NM
- Coordinates: 36.800403, -107.610786 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8004&lon=-107.6108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71835
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71835/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA057

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT LANDED AT AN UNATTENDED AIRPORT ON WHAT HE THOUGHT TO BE APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES OF SNOW. IT TURNED OUT TO BE 8 INCHES AND THE AIRCRAFT TURNED OVER ON LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8862B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8862B-1983-04-27), registration cancelled 1983-04-27, S/N 36562 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36562
- Airframe hours: 1524
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Harold E. Lamunyon
- Registered owner: Harold E. Lamunyon
- Departed: DURANGO, CO
- Destination: NAVAJO DAM, NM
- Airport: IVO, Navajo State Park, runway 24, 5,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 600 total, 270 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 75 statute miles
- Temperature: 106 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DRO, 20 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820213004069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820213004069A), Feb 13, 1982: Cessna 172, Navajo Dam, NM, Substantial damage. Tried a light touchdown to check snow depth on unplowed runway. Airplane sank into 9-inch snow and overturned.

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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