Cessna TR182 N738MP

Summary

On 28 August 2010 at about 00:11 local time, a Cessna TR182 registered N738MP was involved in an accident near Spanish Fork, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 August 2010 at 00:11

Classification

Accident

Location

Spanish Fork, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Spanish Fork-Springville (U77)

Coordinates

40.1417, -111.6614

Aircraft

Cessna TR182

Registration

N738MP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Las Vegas → Spanish Fork

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR10LA441

Nobody was injured.

The pilot did not extend the landing gear due to his impairment from alcohol.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot failed to extend the airplane's landing gear prior to touchdown at the conclusion of a 2.5-hour cross-country flight. As the airplane slid to a stop on the runway, substantial damage was sustained to the belly skin and a bulkhead. Police officers who responded to the scene observed that the pilot exhibited slurred speech, slow reactions, and poor balance. Upon detecting an odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from the pilot, they administered a breath alcohol concentration test, which indicated the pilot had a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit for operating an aircraft. The pilot was subsequently arrested for flying under the influence of alcohol-liquor. Examination of the airplane’s landing gear and gear position warning system found that both systems functioned normally.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.