- Date
- May 16, 1982, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Camp Verde, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96732Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820516016129A
- Case key
- 70118
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high vegetationFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Throttle/power control - improper use ofCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Nose over
Analysis
On final approach the pilot allowed the aircraft to descend into bushes at the end of the runway. The pilot landed hard, the nose wheel collapsed and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96732
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266828
- Airframe hours
- 745
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 265 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arizona Flt. Line, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Arizona Flt. Line, Inc.
- Departed
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Destination
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Airport
- Ralph-Burbucher (Private), runway 35, 2,100 × 0 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 178 total · 34 in this make and model · 107 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.