Cessna 182R accident near Batesville, AR
On January 4, 2007, a Cessna 182R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Batesville, AR. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- January 4, 2007
- Place
- Batesville, AR
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.732°N, 91.615°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070109X00021
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On January 4, 2007, about 1235 central standard time, a single-engine Cessna 182R airplane, N2658, was destroyed upon collision with terrain while on final approach to Batesville Regional Airport (BVX), near Batesville, Arkansas. The commercial pilot and his passenger/observer sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was registered to and operated by Barr Air Patrol LLC, of Mesquite, Texas. Instrument visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a company visual flight rules flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 pipeline patrol flight. The 693-nautical mile cross-country flight originated from the Porter County Municipal Airport (VPZ), near Valparaiso, Indiana, approximately 0756 and was approaching BVX for a scheduled refueling stop. The flight's final destination was the Mesquite Metro Airport (HQZ), near Mesquite, Texas. According to a representative of the operator, the pilot and the observer were returning from a three day pipeline patrol trip. The morning of the accident they had "picked up" the pipeline near Valparaiso, Indiana, and were following it back towards Mesquite, Texas. The last contact from the crew was about 1215 when the company received a garbled radio transmission for a "company check-in." That afternoon when the crew failed to check-in at a scheduled reporting point, a search was initiated. The wreckage was located about 1230 on January 5, 2006, one and a half miles northeast of Batesville Regional Airport. There was no report of an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal. An eyewitness reported seei
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees. A contributing factor to the accident was the prevailing 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.
