- Date
- October 21, 1982, 06:52 local (13:52 UTC)
- Place
- Deer Valley, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1496MCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821021054669A
- Case key
- 70429
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Proper assistance - not obtainedCause
Analysis
Pilot could not get aircraft started so he got out and pulled prop. Engine started and with no one aboard the aircraft taxiied into two parked aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1496M
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 64352
- Airframe hours
- 1,382
- Engine
- Continental O-470-S, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul Dwayne Levie
- Registered owner
- Paul Dwayne Levie
- Departed
- DVT · Deer Valley, AZ
- Destination
- DVT · Deer Valley, AZ
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- DVT · Deer Valley
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,478 total · 1,450 in this make and model · 1,407 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 145 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.