# NTSB LAX83LA017: Cessna 182, N1496M, Deer Valley, AZ, October 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 21, 1982, 06:52 local (13:52 UTC)
- Place: Deer Valley, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.679862, -112.0904 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6799&lon=-112.0904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70429
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70429/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA017

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - proper assistance - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1496M), registered now, S/N 18264352 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- 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: 64352
- Airframe hours: 1382
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821021054669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821021054669A), Oct 21, 1982: Cessna 182P, Phoenix, AZ, Destroyed. Low battery, turned prop by hand. Engine started. Aircraft ran into parked aircraft. Failed to secure aircraft.

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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