Cessna 182A N3804D

Summary

On 31 October 1987 at about 15:50 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N3804D, operated by Hoffman, DON G., was involved in an accident near Laveen, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 October 1987 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Laveen, Arizona, United States

Coordinates

33.3008, -112.2006

Aircraft

Cessna 182A

Registration

N3804D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hoffman, DON G.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX88LA029

Nobody was injured.

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS FERRYING HIS AIRCRAFT THREE MILES TO A PRIVATE STRIP. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE ENGINE BEGAN LOSING POWER. THE PILOT DID NOT THINK HE COULD MAKE IT TO THE PRIVATE STRIP SO HE ATTEMPTED A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON A DIRT ROAD. HE STATED HE WAS CONCENTRATING SO HARD ON THE DIRT ROAD THAT HE DID NOT SEE A SAGUARO CACTUS BESIDE THE ROAD. THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE CACTUS. THERE WAS LIGHT RAINFALL AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE WERE NO REPORTED MECHANICAL PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THIS FLIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED USE OF FULL CARBURETOR HEAT COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.