- Date
- April 1, 1973
- Place
- Oatman, AZ · OATMAN, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2512RCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730401006869A
- Case key
- 170472
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1133 73/4/1 OATMAN,ARIZ CESSNA 182 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 137 TIME - 2020 N2512R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAJA,MEX SEARCHLIGHT,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PLT WAS SMUGGLING MARIJUANA FM MEXICO.THOUGHT HESAW SEARCHLIGHT ARPT & DESCENDED INTO UNLTD DESERT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2512R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.