# NTSB LAX79DVW21: Cessna 182, N5837B, Death Valley, CA, August 14, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: August 14, 1979
- Place: Death Valley, CA · DEATH VALLEY, CA
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 5, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135221
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX79DVW21
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DVW21

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1857  79/8/14    DEATH VALLEY,CA     CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1065
        TIME - 0730                    N5837B              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 571 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DEATH VALLEY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DEATH VALLEY,CA             BOULDER CITY,NV
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- ACFT GOT AWAY FROM PLT AFTR HE PROPPED THE ENG.NOSED OVER IN SOFT SAND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5837B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5837B-2012-09-27), registration cancelled 2012-09-27, S/N 33837, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Death Valley

## 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 19790814019179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790814019179A), Aug 14, 1979: Cessna 182, Death Valley, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft jumped chocks and flipped inverted after it had been hand propped by pilot.

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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