Cessna 182G accident near Blanco, TX
On April 22, 1999, a Cessna 182G (airplane) was involved in an accident near Blanco, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 22, 1999
- Place
- Blanco, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182G · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.090°N, 98.419°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001205X00459
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 21, 1999, at 2240 central daylight time, a Cessna 182G airplane, N2330R, was destroyed upon impact with terrain while maneuvering near Blanco, Texas. The non-instrument rated private pilot, sole occupant and owner of the airplane, was fatally injured. Dark night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. A weather briefing was obtained, but a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 cross-country flight that originated from the Coleman Municipal Airport near Coleman, Texas, at approximately 2130. According to the pilot's wife, the pilot finished working at Coleman, Texas, around 2100 and was planning on flying to the San Geronimo Airport (8TA0) near San Antonio, Texas, that night. Witnesses near the accident site reported observing the airplane flying "extremely low" from the northwest toward the southeast. The witnesses added that the airplane turned toward the south, then disappeared behind a hill. All but one of the witnesses stated that they heard a constant engine noise, which became "muffled" when the airplane went behind the hill. They reported hearing the sound of the airplane impacting the ground and then seeing the first signs of a fire. The witnesses reported that the airplane remained below the "low" clouds and that a light drizzle was falling. PERSONNEL INFORMATION The pilot was issued a private pilot certificate in November 1986. He had accumulated a total of 1,193 hours of flight time at the time of the accident, of which 38 hours were in the same make and model as the
Probable cause
The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions and his failure to maintain clearance with terrain. Factors were, the low cloud and drizzle weather conditions, and the dark night light conditions.
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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.
