- Date
- July 18, 2015, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hanksville, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N735JBCessna 182Q
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA Salt Lake City FSDO
- FAA report
- 20150718009679A
- Case key
- 91590
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and a collision with terrain.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll, the airplane "bounced" off of the air strip, the left wing "suddenly rose," and that a wind gust pushed the nose to the right by "30 degrees." The right wing contacted a dirt mound, the airplane slid sideways, drifted off of the air strip to the right, and impacted terrain in a ravine. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and to the fuselage. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll, the airplane "bounced" off of the air strip, the left wing "suddenly rose," and that a wind gust pushed the nose to the right by "30 degrees." The right wing contacted a dirt mound, the airplane slid sideways, drifted off of the air strip to the right, and impacted terrain in a ravine. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing and to the fuselage. The pilot reported there were no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735JB
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q (Q)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18265451
- Built
- 1977
- Airframe hours
- 3,887
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Reynor Shine LLC
- Registered owner
- Reynor Shine LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 22, 2015
- Departed
- DVT · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- U660 · Hanksville, UT
- Airport
- U660 · Hidden Splendor, runway 16, 1,910 × 25 ft, dirt
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Handheld GPS, Onboard weather
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
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 21, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 717 total · 550 in this make and model · 659 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 9 knots, gusting 14
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KHVE, 16 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 7, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 11.0 MB in all.
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 N735JB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.