Cessna T182T N5341G
15 May 2004 · Paulden, Arizona, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 15 May 2004 at about 00:30 local time, a Cessna T182T registered N5341G, operated by Timothy J. Coury, was involved in an accident near Paulden, Arizona, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 00:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Paulden, Arizona, United States
- Nearest airport
- Private Airstrip
- Coordinates
- 34.8833, -112.4667
- Aircraft
- Cessna T182T
- Registration
- N5341G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Timothy J. Coury
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Paulden → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- LAX04LA211
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions and failure to maintain an adequate airspeed.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane touched down hard while landing at a private airstrip. The student pilot stated he flew around his farm and was coming in for landing at his private airstrip. The runway is oriented on a 120-degree magnetic heading. He indicated he had a "slight crosswind," but felt confident he could handle it. He said that during the landing flare, the airplane encountered a "dust devil," which "porpoised the airplane up." The pilot noticed the airspeed drop to zero, so he elected to continue with the landing instead of attempting a go-around at a low airspeed. The airplane impacted the ground damaging the main landing gear, the wings, and the empennage. The closest aviation weather reporting facility, which is approximately 13 miles south of the accident site, reported the wind from 250 degrees at 11 knots with gusts to 16 knots. The student reported having accumulated a total of 60 flight hours, of which approximately 35 hours were in the accident airplane. The pilot reported there were no anomalies with the airplane prior to the accident.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna T182T accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2004 | Cessna T182T | Morris, Illinois, United States | Yueh Liu | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jun 2005 | Cessna T182T | Naples, Florida, United States | Cleghorn Avaition Inc | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Oct 2006 | Cessna T182T | Spokane, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 May 2006 | Cessna T182T | Burney, California, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 2 Nov 2002 | Cessna T182T | Long Beach, California, United States | Flight Pros, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 27 Feb 2007 | Cessna T182T | Athens, Texas, United States | Tim Cuthers | Serious injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 2004 | Cessna 150J | Amado, Arizona, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 May 2004 | Piper PA-28-161 | Tucson, Arizona, United States | IATA Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 8 Dec 2004 | Cessna T310R | Flagstaff, Arizona, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 May 2004 | Cessna 180 | Kingman, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 May 2004 | Bachman LANCAIR IV-P | Supai, Arizona, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 8 Dec 2004 | Cessna T207A | Meadview, Arizona, United States | King Airelines Inc | Fatal | 1 |