- Date
- November 28, 1992, 12:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2622QCessna 182K
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921128048479A
- Case key
- 27875
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Probable cause
The pilot's continued flight into instrument meteorological conditions and improper remedial action by descending into high terrain. Contributing to this accident were the prevailing cloud condition.
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
While on a visual flight rules personal flight the pilot contacted the flight service station and reported that he was in light clouds, but could see the ground. Radar data showed the airplane continued a descent until it disappeared from radar when it was at 8,500 feet MSL. The impact area is located about 2 miles north of the last radar return at a 6,500 ft. elevation. The airplane struck the ground in a nose down, left wing down attitude. The wreckage debris path extended about 285 feet from the initial left wing impact area. The propeller blades exhibited extensive power signatures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2622Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18257822
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ralph E. Murry
- Registered owner
- Ralph E. Murry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 1992
- Departed
- CNY · Moab, UT
- Destination
- MYF · San Diego, CA
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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,700 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUU, 35 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.