# NTSB SEA93LA144: Cessna 182RG, N5209S, Price, UT, June 29, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 29, 1993, 08:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place: Price, UT
- Coordinates: 39.569664, -110.800224 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5697&lon=-110.8002&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 17, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41724
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA144
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41724/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA144

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S POOR INFLIGHT DECISION. FACTORS INCLUDE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE, AND CONTROL INTERFERENCE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - control interference - performed, passenger (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - aborted

## Analysis

THE PILOT, WHO HAD JUST LIFTED OFF WHILE EXECUTING A BALKED LANDING AT A HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AIRPORT, MOVED THE FLAP SELECTOR TO THE FULL UP POSITION BECAUSE HE FELT HE DID NOT HAVE 'POSITIVE CONTROL' OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE THEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DECIDED TO MOVE THE FLAP LEVER BACK TO A 30 DEGREE POSITION INSTEAD, BUT BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. THE SITUATION WAS EXACERBATED BY THE PASSENGER PULLING BACK ON THE YOKE AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION THE FLAP LEVER.

## Factual narrative

On June 29, 1993, at approximately 0815 mountain daylight time (MDT), a Cessna 182RG, N5209S, impacted the runway and nosed over during an attempted balked landing at Carbon City Airport, Price, Utah.  The FAA certificated private pilot and his passenger were not injured, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage.  The personal pleasure flight, which departed Brigham City Airport, Brigham City, Utah at about 0700 MDT, was operating in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. A VFR flight plan had been filed, but had not been opened, and the ELT was activated by the impact.

The pilot, who said that he did not feel that he had positive control of the airplane, made the decision to bring the flap lever to the full up position soon after lift off during the balked landing. According to the pilot, he almost immediately decided to reposition the lever to the 30 degree position, but before he was able to do so, the aircraft stalled, impacted the runway, and flipped over. The pilot was later advised by his passenger that just after he selected the full up position with the flap selector, the passenger yanked back on the yoke because she thought that the pilot needed help getting the airplane back in the air.

The density altitude at the time was approximately 8,300 feet.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5209S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5209S-2013-08-06), registration cancelled 2013-08-06, S/N R18201519, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182RG
- Registry model: [Cessna R182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (registry code 2072734) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R1820519
- Airframe hours: 1960
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3C5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Madsen, Martin B.
- Registered owner: Madsen, Martin B.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 3, 1993, 50 hours before
- Departed: BMC, BRIGHAM CITY, UT
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: PUC, Carbon City Airport, runway 18, 7,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 65; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 312 total, 58 in this make and model, 203 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °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 19930629020899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930629020899A), Jun 29, 1993: Cessna R182, Price, UT, Substantial damage. Unfamiliar with high altitude feel. Began go around and dumped flaps. Passenger pulled yoke back. Stalled. Flipped.

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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