Cessna 182Q accident near Cudjoe Key, FL
On April 21, 2007, a Cessna 182Q (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cudjoe Key, FL. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- April 21, 2007
- Place
- Cudjoe Key, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182Q · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 24.697°N, 81.498°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070425X00453
NTSB summary
On April 20, 2007, about 2313 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182Q, N422G, registered to and operated by a private individual as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed in Cudjoe Key, Florida. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed for the flight to Leesburg, Florida. The certificated private pilot and the two passengers were killed, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight originated in Key West, Florida, the same night, about 2300. According to information received from officials with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, two witnesses who were on shore at the boat ramp at the end of Blimp Road, in Cudjoe Key, said they saw the accident airplane impact the Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) aerostat cable. According to the witnesses, when the airplane impacted the aerostat cable, a wing went "flying off", and the remainder of the airplane went tumbling into the water near a group of islands, about 1/4 mile from where they were located. In response to notification of the accident, elements including the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Florida Highway Patrol, and the U.S Coast Guard responded. The accident airplane was located in the vicinity of Cudjoe Key, in Kemp Channel on the bay side, in about 3 to 4 feet of water. According to information obtained from Naval Air Station Key West, the accident airplane departed from Key West International Airport on runway 27, then turned to an easterly heading, and was last seen on radar as it merged with
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from an active restricted area, which resulted in the airplane colliding with the tether of an aerostat.
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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.
