# NTSB LAX83LA106: Cessna 182RG, N1679R, Marble Canyon, AZ, February 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 19, 1983, 07:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Marble Canyon, AZ
- Coordinates: 36.740455, -111.849159 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7405&lon=-111.8492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23617
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23617/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA106

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1679R-2021-07-03), registration cancelled 2021-07-03, S/N R18200511, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R18200511
- Airframe hours: 1760
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830219004459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830219004459A), Feb 19, 1983: Cessna R182, Marble Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing in gusty crosswind condition.

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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