Cessna 182P N7383S

Summary

On 17 January 1982 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N7383S, operated by S. Chuckran, was involved in an accident near Sunflower, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 January 1982 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Sunflower, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

33.4405, -111.7995

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N7383S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

S. Chuckran

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Falcon Fld → Falcon Fld

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FUJ24

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD THROTTLED BACK BELOW CRUISE POWER TO SURVEY ONE OF HIS BUSINESS LOCATIONS. REPORTEDLY, HE MOVED THE THROTTLE FORWARD TO CLIMB, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET FULL POWER. HE STATED THAT HE GRADUALLY LOST POWER AND AIRSPEED, AND EVENTUALLY, HE WAS UNABLE TO MANEUVER DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE GROUND AND LOW AIRSPEED. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES AND CRASHED IN A WOODED, MOUNTAINOUS AREA AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 6000 FT MSL. THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 55 DEGREES. THE PILOT SAID HE HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE FLYING IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED CARBURETOR ICE IF HE HAD ENCOUNTERED IT. HE STATED FURTHER THAT HE HAD THE CARBURETOR HEAT ON WHILE HE WAS MANEUVERING FOR THE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY DURING AN OPERATIONAL CHECK AFTER A FEW DAMAGED PARTS WERE REPLACED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.