- Date
- January 7, 1978
- Place
- Sells, AZ · SELLS, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3117UCessna 182F
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780107006699A
- Case key
- 143213
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0463 78/1/7 NR.SELLS,AZ CESSNA 182F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 68, 4000 TIME - 1905 N3117U PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SELLS,AZ PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- PLT HAD NOT FLOWN AT NIGHT AS PIC.HE WOULD USUALLY LAND BEFORE DARKNESS & CONTINUE NEXT DAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3117U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3117URegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2012 · Cessna 182PAirframe modelCessna 182PEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3117U · 1
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