Cessna 182P N79107

Summary

On 30 May 2002 at about 18:30 local time, a Cessna 182P registered N79107 was involved in an accident near Roosevelt, Arizona, United States. 4 people were 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

30 May 2002 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Roosevelt, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Grapevine Strip (51AZ)

Coordinates

33.6394, -111.0567

Aircraft

Cessna 182P

Registration

N79107

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Prescott → Tucson

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX02LA181

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control during the landing rollout after making a precautionary landing precipitated by an electrical system failure.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During the landing rollout, the airplane veered to the left of the runway and struck trees. The pilot made a precautionary landing after experiencing a complete loss of electrical power. There were no mechanical or electrical discrepancies noted with the first portion of the cross-country flight. During the return trip, center controllers had a hard time receiving radio transmissions from the pilot. The precautionary landing was initiated due to the vicinity of a mountain range that the pilot did not want to traverse to return to home base. The before landing checklist was performed. On base, the pilot selected 20 degrees of flaps, and noted the airspeed at 100 mph. On final, full flaps were selected. The pilot indicated that he did not believe the flaps were down. On short final a visual observation verified that the flaps were not deployed. The decision was made to land instead of attempting a go-around. During the landing rollout, the pilot did not brake evenly and the airplane veered to the left impacting trees. The brake system was inspected with no mechanical anomalies noted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.