# NTSB LAX85LA234: Cessna 182, N2444R, Parker, AZ, April 30, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 30, 1985, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Parker, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.080459, -114.220062 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0805&lon=-114.2201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24711
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA234
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24711/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA234

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2444R), registered now, S/N 18255544, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 55544
- Airframe hours: 2679
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850430015139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850430015139A), Apr 30, 1985: Cessna 182, Parker, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot states that he encountered a dust devil and turbulence on short final resulting in a hard landing.

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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