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LAX91LA141 · Cessna 182H

22 Mar 1991 · Phoenix, AZ, United States

Cessna 182H · Accident: total loss of engine power (non-mechanical) on approach

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Event

NTSB case
LAX91LA141
Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
Completed
API-reported fatalities
0 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
0
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
General aviation
WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
Visual Meteorological Cond

Cessna 182H

Aircraft type
Cessna 182
Category
Airplane
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
N1805X
Onboard fatalities
Unknown
Route
From not recordedTo not recorded
Aircraft age
Not recorded
Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
Part 91: General Aviation
Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
Approach · VFR pattern base
First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
Total loss of engine power (non-mechanical)
DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
Substantial

Cause areas

  • Check pilot › In-flight planning/decision, poor
  • Check pilot › Mixture, improper use of

Approximate · Coordinates as recorded by the NTSB; no uncertainty radius is established.

NTSB narrative

THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER HIRED A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FOR A BIENNIAL FLIGHT REVIEW. AFTER SOME AIR WORK IN THE LOCAL PRACTICE AREA, THEY RETURNED TO DO SOME TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. AFTER TWO LANDINGS, THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD THE OWNER/PILOT TO REQUEST A SHORT APPROACH, WHICH HE DID. DURING PREPARATION FOR THE SHORT APPROACH THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED THE MIXTURE INTO IDLE CUT-OFF AND SAID 'YOU LOST YOUR ENGINE.' THE OWNER/PILOT NEEDED POWER TO REACH THE RUNWAY. HE ADDED THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD BETWEEN THE RUNWAYS AND NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK.

Probable cause

THE DECISION OF THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO CONDUCT A SIMULATED POWER FAILURE EMERGENCY IN A MANNER WHICH WAS INAPPROPRIATE.

Verbatim NTSB analysis and probable cause from the NTSB dataset

Sources

NTSB record LAX91LA141
Event ID
20001212X16637
Case number
LAX91LA141
Dataset
historical-pre2008
Source SHA-256
89e2df6d848e7ab3b42e7d7c7a03ff403303057a26ca04c95b3ea67201c3ce74
Source notes (4)
  • Unreviewed is an editorial label, not an investigation status. API-sourced is not report-checked or human-reviewed. Explicit event totals are used without summing aircraft injury tables; onboard allocation is withheld. Unknown values remain unknown. The operation category is mapped from the NTSB-reported FAR part and has not been reviewed.
  • Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: local date, investigation status. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
  • The date is the local date; the NTSB stores the UTC date 1991-03-23.
  • API snapshot SHA-256: 349b47776649661019b40ec6e237a5824645d1516c84297b9a66bffdacfb1a8c; retrieved 2026-09-21T23:38:30.219Z.