Cessna 182 N5421B

Summary

On 4 February 2006 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N5421B, operated by Gregory M. Chapman, was involved in an accident near Black Canyon, Arizona, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 February 2006 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Black Canyon, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Black Canyon (NONE)

Coordinates

34.1500, -111.7167

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N5421B

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gregory M. Chapman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cottonwood → Black Canyon

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX06CA102

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's encounter with downdraft at low altitude on short final approach to land.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane's nose gear was broken off during landing at a dirt strip. The airstrip sits on a mesa with a 100-foot drop-off on the approach end. The pilot said he encountered a severe downdraft at low altitude over the runway threshold followed by the nose landing gear hitting a pothole at touchdown. The resulting overload caused the nose landing gear to separate. A post impact fire ensued and the airplane was destroyed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.