Cessna 182 N3254Y

Summary

On 14 October 1983 at about 03:00 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N3254Y was involved in an accident near Hanksville, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 October 1983 at 03:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Hanksville, Utah, United States

Coordinates

38.2707, -110.7497

Aircraft

Cessna 182

Registration

N3254Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Thermal → Green River

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN84FA011

2 people died.

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

THERE WERE TWO PILOTS ABOARD THIS ACFT WHICH IMPACTED IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE ON A PLATEAU AT 5000 FT MSL. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED. THE PILOT WAS RECENTLY CERTIFICATED & HIS CLASS III MEDICAL HAD EXPIRED. THE SECOND PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE & AN INSTRUMENT RATING. HIS RECENT EXPERIENCE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE CRASH SITE WAS IN AN AREA WITH NO SIGNIFICANT LIGHTS CREATING A 'BLACK HOLE.' ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS TWISTED & BENT WITH SCRATCHES ON THE CAMBER SIDE & A FILAMENT FROM A NAVIGATION LIGHT WAS STRETCHED. THE ACFT WAS NOT CERTIFIED FOR ICING CONDITIONS & HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED FOR INSTRUMENT FLIGHT. A METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY INDICATES THAT THE AREA OF THE ACCIDENT AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE FLIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAIN SHOWERS, LIGHT TO MODERATE TURBULENCE, FLIGHT VISIBILITY 0 MILES IN CLOUDS. NO WEATHER BRIEFING WAS OBTAINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.