# NTSB LAX82DA059: Cessna TR182, N5481S, Las Vegas, NV, February 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: February 1, 1982, 16:10 local (Feb 2, 1982, 00:10 UTC)
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Coordinates: 36.139392, -115.179496 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1394&lon=-115.1795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 1, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71375
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71375/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA059

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT ON LANDING AFTER THE SECOND BOUNCE THE PLANE VEERED LEFT AND RAN OFF THE RUNWAY ON TO THE DESERT AND FLIPPED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5481S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5481S), registered now, S/N R18201582, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18201582
- Airframe hours: 205
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-L3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Leonard M Faustina
- Registered owner: Leonard M Faustina
- Departed: PAROWAN, UT
- Destination: LAS VEGAS, NV
- Airport: VGT, N. Las Vegas Air Terminal, runway 7, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 132 total, 48 in this make and model, 73 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 75 statute miles
- Temperature: 133 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LAS, 10 nm away

## 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 19820201021419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820201021419A), Feb 1, 1982: Cessna TR182, Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage. Bounced landing. Lost control, veered off runway into desert terrain. 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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