Cessna 182F N3377U

Summary

On 28 April 2018 at about 23:15 local time, a Cessna 182F registered N3377U was involved in an accident near Boulder, Utah, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 April 2018 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Boulder, Utah, United States

Coordinates

37.9047, -111.4183

Aircraft

Cessna 182F

Registration

N3377U

Category

Airplane

Year built

1963

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Salt Lake City → Boulder

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR18LA136

1 person had minor injuries.

A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined due to the available evidence.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Following a cross-country flight, the pilot was circling in the area of the destination airport when he noticed an excessively high exhaust gas temperature (EGT) indication. He enrichened the fuel/air mixture to full rich and leveled the airplane in an attempt to "cool down" the engine, then noted that the airplane would not maintain altitude and that engine power was decreasing. The pilot performed a forced landing to a field, during which the airplane impacted two ditches, resulting in substantial damage. Examination of the airframe and the engine failed to reveal any mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation and the reason for the decreased engine power could not be determined. The calculated density altitude at the time of the accident was 8,814 ft.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.