Cessna 182P N52711

Summary

On 23 March 1985 at about 19:40 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N52711 was involved in an accident near Gila Bend, Arizona, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 March 1985 at 19:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Gila Bend, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

32.9904, -112.9009

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N52711

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Redlands → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85LA186

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLT THE ACFT'S HIGH VOLTAGE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED OUT. THE PLT RESET THE BREAKER WHICH RESTORED OPERATION TO THE CIRCUIT. LATER IN THE FLT A FIRE ERUPTED BEHIND THE INSTRUMENTPANAL AND SOON THEREAFTER, ALL ENG PWR WAS LOST. THE COCKPIT FILLED WITH SMOKE AND THE PLT GLIDED THE ACFT TO A FORCED LANDING. DURING ROLL OUT THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A PALO VERDE TREE. THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. THE COMPONENT/ ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH INITIALLY MALFUNCTIONED AND THE RESULTANT FIRE'S POINT OF ORIGIN WERE NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.