# NTSB LAX83FA092: Cessna 182P, N5943J, Wenden, AZ, February 6, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 6, 1983, 12:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Wenden, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.489585, -111.9207 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4896&lon=-111.9207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23422
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23422/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA092

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - airspeed - below, pilot in command (cause)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5943J-2013-04-25), registration cancelled 2013-04-25, S/N 18263586, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18263586
- Airframe hours: 1757
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830206002789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830206002789A), Feb 6, 1983: Cessna 182P, Wenden, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into valley tracking sheep. Unable to climb out or complete 180. Aircraft settled wings level into mountain.

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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