# NTSB LAX83FA188: Cessna 182RII, N5541N, Casa Grande, AZ, April 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1983, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23445
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FA188
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23445/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA188

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A LONE MOUNTAIN WHILE IN STRAIGHT & LEVEL FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5541N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5541N-2011-07-15), registration cancelled 2011-07-15, S/N 18267780, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RII
- Registry model: [Cessna 182R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (registry code 2072731) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18267720
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Edgar T. Poole
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PHX, PHOENIX, AZ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 68; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 4,787 total, 185 in this make and model, 3,042 as pilot in command, 26 in the last 90 days, 18 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 10 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PHX, 40 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 19830411014899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830411014899A), Apr 11, 1983: Cessna 182R, Casa Grande, AZ, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Flew into the side of a mountain in near level flight. Pilot tested positive for alcohol.

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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