Cessna 182R accident near Monroe, LA
On January 11, 2005, a Cessna 182R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Monroe, LA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 11, 2005
- Place
- Monroe, LA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.601°N, 91.930°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050125X00103
Official records · SEA05FA034
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 10, 2005, approximately 2010 central standard time, a Cessna 182R, N9474E, impacted the shallow waters of a swampy collection pond about eight miles northeast of Monroe Regional Airport, Monroe, Louisiana. Both occupants, each of whom held a commercial pilot certificate, received fatal injuries, and the aircraft, which was owned and operated by the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), was destroyed by the impact sequence. The local CFR Part 91 instrument proficiency flight, which departed Monroe Airport about 65 minutes prior to the accident, was being operated in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) at the time of the accident. While in flight, the pilot had received a local instrument clearance to the Monroe Airport. There was no report of an ELT activation. According to individuals at the airport, the two occupants executed a number of practice instrument approaches in visual meteorological conditions, and then landed, took a short break, and prepared to take off for another set of practice instrument approaches. Although it could not be positively confirmed, representatives of the operator believe that prior to the second flight, the two pilot's switched places, and the pilot who had been sitting in the right seat and operating the radios during the first flight was the one who did the flying from the left seat during the second flight. The operator based this assumption on the fact that an observer saw who was in which seat at the beginning of the first flight, and it was determined that the person in the right seat had been making the radio trans
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot manipulating the controls to maintain aircraft control during a night missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions. Factors include a dark night and low ceilings.
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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.
