Cessna 182P accident near Jerome, AZ
On April 18, 1995, a Cessna 182P (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jerome, AZ. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 18, 1995
- Place
- Jerome, AZ
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182P · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.709°N, 112.160°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X03308
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 18, 1995, about 1015 hours mountain standard time (mst), a Cessna 182P, N85DK, owned and operated by the pilot, collided with mountainous terrain about 2 miles west of Jerome, Arizona. The airplane was destroyed, and the private pilot and three passengers were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The crash site was located on April 28, 1995. Information was obtained from the Civil Air Patrol, the Department of the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, and from a review of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recorded radar data for April 18, 1995. About 0726 mst, the flight originated with full fuel tanks from the Coronado (uncontrolled) Airport, New Mexico. (All times used in this report have been converted to mst.) The radar track indicates that the airplane proceeded on the nonstop flight along a westerly course until passing Winslow, Arizona. The airplane then flew along a west-southwesterly course passing south of Flagstaff and nearly over the Sedona Airport. The course between the Winslow (Flagstaff) and the Drake VORTACs (radio navigational aids) nearly paralleled federal airway V12, and was within approximately 1.5 miles of the airway's centerline. During the flight, at 0926, the airplane's transponder indicated that the airplane was at 10,800 feet. Twenty minutes later, at 0946, the airplane was at 14,000 feet. At 1004, the airplane was at 11,600 feet and was descending. During the last 2 minutes of the recorded flight, the airplane descended from about 8,700 feet (at 1012:35) to
Probable cause
the pilot's improper in-flight decision to continue the daytime flight into known adverse weather conditions at an inadequate altitude to clear mountainous terrain.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
