- Date
- May 17, 1991, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Green River, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4664SCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910517021069A
- Case key
- 41437
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Probable cause
Worn brakes. Contributing to the accident was: poor maintenance.
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
During the landing roll on a private dirt airstrip, the pilot reported that braking was not effective. The pilot was unable to stop the airplane in time before it ran off the end of the runway and into a ditch. The pilot later reported that the brakes were worn to the rivets.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4664S
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18201371
- Engine
- Lycoming TSIO-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jay B. Sorenson
- Registered owner
- Jay B. Sorenson
- Airport
- NONE · Hatt'S Ranch, runway 7, 2,000 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,010 total · 1,800 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4664S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.