- Date
- March 22, 1991, 08:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Young, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3458UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910322011449A
- Case key
- 26994
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision to continue VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and the loss of control of the airplane resulting in an inflight collision with terrain.
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
This was a cross country flight over mountainous terrain. The weather conditions at the departure and destination were VFR. Instrument meteorological conditions were forecasted along the route of flight. A snow storm was reported by witnesses in the area of the accident. Weather conditions were reported to be icing and turbulence, with mountains obscured by clouds. The airplane was reported overdue and located 3 weeks later. The airplane was found to have impacted snow covered terrain, at high speed, in a near vertical, nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3458U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254858
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Arizona Air Enteprizes
- Registered owner
- R.Segerman B.Phillips L.Mallow
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1990
- Departed
- DVT · Phoenix, AZ
- Destination
- SOW · Showlow, AZ
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 332 total · 31 in this make and model · 266 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Observed at
- 0E4, 24 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.