- Date
- February 19, 1983, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marble Canyon, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1679RCessna 182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830219004459A
- Case key
- 23617
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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.
Analysis
During the landing the pilot lost control of the aircraft in a gusty wind. The aircraft left the runway and nosed over. In soft terrain. He blamed his slow reaction and inexperience for the accident. The wind was from 300 degrees at 11 KTS gusting to 18 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1679R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200511
- Airframe hours
- 1,760
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3CD, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter T. Merrill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1982 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- SDL · Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport
- L41 · Marble Canyon, runway 3, 3,743 × 90 ft, dirt
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 310 total · 260 in this make and model · 260 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PGA, 12 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.