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Price, UT
THE PILOT, WHO HAD JUST LIFTED OFF WHILE EXECUTING A BALKED LANDING AT A HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AIRPORT, MOVED THE FLAP SELECTOR TO THE FULL UP POSITION BECAUSE HE FELT HE DID NOT HAVE 'POSITIVE CONTROL' OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE THEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DECIDED TO MOVE THE FLAP LEVER BACK TO A 30 DEGREE POSITION INSTEAD, BUT BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY. THE SITUATION WAS EXACERBATED BY THE PASSENGER PULLING BACK ON THE YOKE AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION THE FLAP LEVER.
THE PILOT'S POOR INFLIGHT DECISION. FACTORS INCLUDE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE, AND CONTROL INTERFERENCE.
On June 29, 1993, at approximately 0815 mountain daylight time (MDT), a Cessna 182RG, N5209S, impacted the runway and nosed over during an attempted balked landing at Carbon City Airport, Price, Utah. The FAA certificated private pilot and his passenger were not injured, but the aircraft sustained substantial damage. The personal pleasure flight, which departed Brigham City Airport, Brigham City, Utah at about 0700 MDT, was operating in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. A VFR flight plan had been filed, but had not been opened, and the ELT was activated by the impact. The pilot, who said that he did not feel that he had positive control of the airplane, made the decision to bring the flap lever to the full up position soon after lift off during the balked landing. According to the pilot, he almost immediately decided to reposition the lever to the 30 degree position, but before he was able to do so, the aircraft stalled, impacted the runway, and flipped over. The pilot was later advised by his passenger that just after he selected the full up position with the flap selector, the passenger yanked back on the yoke because she thought that the pilot needed help getting the airplane back in the air. The density altitude at the time was approximately 8,300 feet.