- Date
- February 6, 1983, 12:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Wenden, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5943JCessna 182P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830206002789A
- Case key
- 23422
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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.
Analysis
The acft crashed into a hillsideduring a low altitude turn while surveying sheet. The plt in the right front seat who was flying the acft made a steep right turn to follow a herd of big horn sheep and the acft settled into the rising terrain. No evidence of pre-impact failure of the acft equipment was found during post-accident investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5943J
- Reported as
- Cessna 182P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18263586
- Airframe hours
- 1,757
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- David L. Armstronga
- Registered owner
- Ratliff Aero Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 25, 1983 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- Salome, AZ
- Airport
- Salome
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.