ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34947
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| Date: | Friday 22 September 2000 |
| Time: | 20:43 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182G Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3103S |
| MSN: | 18255063 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3840 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tuba City, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Deer Valley, AZ (DVT) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had volunteered the use of his airplane for the Flights For Life, Inc. organization, and was transporting blood to an Indian reservation airport. According to a courier for the hospital, the airplane was to arrive about 2035. The courier arrived about 2025, and about 2030, the pilot-operated runway lights came on. Within 3 to 5 minutes the courier saw an airplane's lights heading toward the airport. The airplane flew from south to north; she estimated about two telephone poles above the airport, continued north, and did not land. The courier estimated that the winds, which were rocking her car, were from the west. After waiting some period of time, she advised the hospital that the airplane did not arrive and she departed. She said the winds were calm at the time of her departure. The airplane was located the next day on the downwind leg in mountainous/hilly terrain. It was a dark night with few ground references.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadvertent descent into terrain on the downwind leg for landing. Contributing to the accident was the dark night and sparse population.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X21999&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Dec-2016 07:44 | beaverspotter | Updated [Cn] |
| 12-Dec-2017 19:12 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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