Cessna 182Q N735PQ

Summary

On 27 February 1987 at about 23:15 local time, a Cessna 182Q registered N735PQ, operated by Combined Resources Co., was involved in an accident near Springerville, Arizona, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 February 1987 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Springerville, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Springerville-Babbit (Q35)

Coordinates

34.0393, -109.1992

Aircraft

Cessna 182Q

Registration

N735PQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Combined Resources Co.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Phoenix → Springerville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA129

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

A CESSNA 182 COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK AFTER VEERING OFF RUNWAY 3. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DRIFT RIGHT AND HE WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT IT BY APPLYING LEFT PEDAL. THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY VEERED LEFT AND THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT PEDAL. THE PILOT THEN STATED HE LOST CONTROL AS THE AIRCRAFT OSCILLATED FROM RIGHT TO LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, STRUCK THE SNOW BANK, AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT REPORTED THE TEMPERATURE WAS 32 DEGREES F AND THAT THERE WAS SOME FOG AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE ALSO REPORTED THE WINDS TO BE FROM 120 DEGREES AT 3 KNOTS AND WET AND ICY CONDITIONS ON THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT PASSENGER INDICATED THAT SHE HEARD THE 'SKIDDING SOUND OF THE TIRES AND BRAKES'.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.