Cessna 182D N182GV

Summary

On 1 January 2006 at about 02:30 local time, a Cessna 182D registered N182GV was involved in an accident near Heber, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 January 2006 at 02:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Heber, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Na

Coordinates

34.5456, -110.9364

Aircraft

Cessna 182D

Registration

N182GV

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Durango → Scottsdale

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN06FA028

1 person died.

the pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from terrain. Contributing factors included the pilot's lack of night flying experience and the dark night.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was the subject of an (alert notification) ALNOT issued January 1, 2006.The accident site was located in a forested area at an elevation of 7,050 feet msl and the airplane impacted on a heading of 220 degrees. The wreckage was scattered 580 feet. Sunset was recorded at 1726 and the end of civil twilight was 1754. The moon rose at 0825 and set at 1807 on the day of the accident. The moon was waxing crescent with one percent of its visible disk illuminated. An examination of the airframe, airplane's systems, and power plant revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal and correct operation prior to impact. According to flight records, the pilot had logged 3 hours of night flight experience.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.