- Date
- January 29, 1993, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Huntington, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8540TCessna 182C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930129001369A
- Case key
- 42988
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Probable cause
The improper in flt decision by the pilot in command to land on an airstrip unsuitable for landing. A factor relating to the accident was the soft snow covering the airstrip.
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 landed in a remote airstrip that was covered by deep snow. The acft landing gear sank into the snow during landing roll and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8540T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18252440
- Airframe hours
- 3,477
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Baxter, Glenn L.
- Registered owner
- Baxair, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1992 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- U34 · Green River, UT
- Airport
- NONE · None, runway 11, 2,000 × 60 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
- 57
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,500 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 9,400 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GJT, 85 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.
Other investigations on N8540T · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.