Cessna 182R accident near Bradenton, FL
On June 4, 1998, a Cessna 182R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bradenton, FL. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 4, 1998
- Place
- Bradenton, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 27.310°N, 82.520°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10376
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 4, 1998, about 1215 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182R, N9846H, registered to Transit Aviation of Lake Charles Inc, crashed near Bradenton, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 aerial observation flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft was destroyed and the commercial-rated pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. The flight last departed Winter Haven Municipal Airport, Winter Haven, Florida, the same day, about 0845. The aircraft, pilot, and one passenger had remained over night on June 3, 1998, in Vero Beach, Florida. On the morning of June 4, 1998, the aircraft's fuel tanks were filled and the pilot and one passenger departed Vero Beach, about 0730, enroute to Winter Haven, Florida. The flight arrived at Winter Haven about 0820. An observer from Florida Gas Transmission Company got on the aircraft with the pilot and other passenger. The flight departed Winter Haven about 0845, for the purpose of gas pipeline inspection. Witnesses who were on a boat in Lake Manatee, near the Manatee Dam, heard the aircraft's engine operating at what they believed to be full rpm and looked up to see the aircraft climbing toward the southeast. The climb angle became steeper and then a wing and the nose of the aircraft dropped down. The aircraft descended nose first and was lost from site. The engine continued to operate at what they believed was full rpm until they heard the engine noise stop suddenly, followed shortly there after by a loud boom sound. PERSONNEL INFORMATION Information on
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed during climb after a low level observation flight resulting in the aircraft entering into a stall and descending uncontrolled until it crashed into trees and a river.
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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.
