# NTSB SEA06CA173: Cessna 182RG, N5464N, Fairfield, UT, August 30, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 30, 2006, 17:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place: Fairfield, UT
- Coordinates: 40.26361, -112.020835
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2636&lon=-112.0208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64457
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA06CA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64457/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA173

## Probable cause

The failure of the pilot-rated-passenger to maintain adequate airspeed on final during a simulated engine-out approach, resulting in the aircraft descending into the terrain about 40 feet short of the runway, and the failure of the pilot-in-command to take remedial action.

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - airspeed - not maintained, passenger (cause)
  - descent - excessive, passenger (cause)
  - remedial action - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot-in-command, who held a commercial pilot certificate, was letting his passenger, a certified flight instructor without a current medical, execute a simulated engine-out approach to a full-stop landing. While trying to stretch the final glide, the passenger let the airspeed get too slow, and the aircraft started descending at an excessive rate. The pilot-in-command did not take any remedial action, and the aircraft impacted the terrain about 40 feet short of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the airframe.

## Factual narrative

The pilot-in-command, who held a commercial pilot certificate, was letting his passenger, a certified flight instructor without a current medical, execute a simulated engine-out approach to a full-stop landing. While trying to stretch the final glide, the passenger let the airspeed get too slow, and the aircraft started descending at an excessive rate. The pilot-in-command did not take any remedial action, and the aircraft impacted the terrain about 40 feet short of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the airframe.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5464N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5464N-2013-08-21), registration cancelled 2013-08-21, S/N 18267735, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna T182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182) (registry code 2072736) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 67735
- Engines: Lycoming O-540-L3 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Civil Air Patrol
- Registered owner: Civil Air Patrol
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: U42, Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination: 17U, Fairfield, UT
- Airport: 17U, Eagle Mountain, runway 17

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 1,817 total, 915 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 84 °F

## 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 20060830017919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060830017919A), Aug 30, 2006: Cessna T182, Eagle Mountain, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) This is an interim report. When more facts become known regarding this accident, an amended report will be filed. (-23 amendment) the flight departed…

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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