- Date
- April 30, 1985, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Parker, AZ
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2444RCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850430015139A
- Case key
- 24711
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - windshearFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Hard landing
Weather condition - windshearFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated that he encountered shifting winds on landing at his destination airport and that turbulence was severe. There is no record of a weather briefing prior to departure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2444R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 55544
- Airframe hours
- 2,679
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Howard A. Parshall
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 17, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- P20 · Avi Suquilla, runway 19, 4,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.