- Date
- March 22, 1991, 17:18 local (Mar 23, 1991, 00:18 UTC)
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1805XCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910322007169A
- Case key
- 27144
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Probable cause
The decision of the flight instructor to conduct a simulated power failure emergency in a manner which was inappropriate.
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
The private pilot/owner hired a flight instructor for a biennial flight review. After some air work in the local practice area, they returned to do some touch and go landings. After two landings, the instructor told the owner/pilot to request a short approach, which he did. During preparation for the short approach the instructor pulled the mixture into idle cut-off and said 'you lost your engine.' The owner/pilot needed power to reach the runway. He added throttle and the engine did not respond. The aircraft landed hard between the runways and nosed over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1805X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255905
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- J.A. Corallo/Wm.L. Whitlow
- Registered owner
- J.A. Corallo/Wm.L. Whitlow
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- DVT · Deer Valley, runway 25, 3,800 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 225 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- DVT, 1 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.