# NTSB LAX83LXQ01: Cessna T182RG, N6166S, Bridgeport, CA, December 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: December 10, 1982, 14:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place: Bridgeport, CA
- Coordinates: 38.729164, -119.839477 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7292&lon=-119.8395&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70027
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LXQ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70027/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LXQ01

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT HIT A SMALL PINE TREE LOCATED ON THE TOP OF THE RIDGE, THEN SLID DOWN A SNOW COVERED SLOPE TO THE BOTTOM OF A RAVINE WHERE IT CAUGHT FIRE & BURNED. THE PAX WAS FATALLY BURNED & THE PLT RECEIVED A SEVERE HEAD CONCUSSION. THE PROP WAS STOPPED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT & THE FLAPS WERE DOWN. THE PLT REPORTED HE WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS & CAME TO SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT. AT THAT TIME THE PAX WAS FLYING THE ACFT. LOCAL AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING ALLEGED FOUL PLAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6166S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182RG
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T218201634
- Airframe hours: 90
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-L3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Peter Wolf-Fresno Flt. Ser.
- Registered owner: Charlie L. Phillips
- Departed: FCH, FRESNO, CA
- Destination: RNO, RENO, NV

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,776 total, 12 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 315° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles

## 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 19821210063529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821210063529A), Dec 10, 1982: Cessna T182, Markleeville, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot claims passenger knocked him out and aircraft crashed as he was regaining consciousness.

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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