- Date
- December 18, 1990, 18:30 local (Dec 19, 1990, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Thompson, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2466XCessna 182H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901219055579A
- Case key
- 41318
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged descent. Contributing to the accident was the dark night conditions.
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 pilot of the Cessna 182H departed vernal, UT en route to moab, UT. The aircraft was reported missing that night, and was not found for six months. The aircraft impacted the top of a knoll at high speed, in dark night conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2466X
- Reported as
- Cessna 182H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18256366
- Engine
- Continental O-470-R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Joseph W. Harris
- Departed
- VEL · Vernal, UT
- Destination
- OAB · Moab, UT
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,145 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 60° at 40 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Observed at
- GJT, 58 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.