# NTSB LAX83FA396: Cessna 182, N2646G, Littlefield, AZ, March 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 19, 1983, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Littlefield, AZ
- Coordinates: 36.900947, -113.94062 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9009&lon=-113.9406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23495
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FA396
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23495/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA396

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - aircraft performance,climb capability - exceeded (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PASSENGER STATED THE FLT WAS BEHIND SCHEDULE, AND AN AIRPORT THOUGHT TO BE TUWEEP WAS SPOTTED. THEY DESCENDED TO 150-200 FT TO READ A SIGN AND WHEN THE PLT TRIED TO CLIMB IN A LEFT TURN HE COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN. THE ACCIDENT LOCATION IS ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF THE DESTINATION ARPT. NO ABNORMAL CONDITIONS WERE FOUND IN A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATIONOF THE ENGINE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2646G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 41946
- Airframe hours: 4790
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert Jackson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 28, 1983, 20 hours before
- Departed: SEZ, SEDONA, AZ
- Destination: L50, TUWEEP, AZ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 60 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Observed at: PHX, 180 nm away

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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