# NTSB LAX82DA041: Cessna 172N, N2753J, Bullhead City, AZ, January 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1982, 11:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70078
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70078/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA041

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - uphill (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE THE PILOT WAS LANDING WITH A TAILWIND, THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND TRAVELED OVER A RAISED AREA BESIDE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE NOSEWHEEL CAUGHT ON THE HILLSIDE AS A GUST OF WIND WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2753J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2753J-2013-02-21), registration cancelled 2013-02-21, S/N 17273646, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17273646
- Airframe hours: 823
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Dale E. Bowman
- Registered owner: Dale E. Bowman
- Departed: TOA, TORRANCE, CA
- Destination: INW, WINSLOW, AZ
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: P06, Bullhead City, runway 17, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 105 total, 15 in this make and model, 34 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Temperature: 140 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19820110000429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820110000429A), Jan 10, 1982: Cessna 172, Bullhead City, AZ, Destroyed. Landed downwind, lost directional control. Ran off runway into an embankment and flipped over.

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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