Cessna 182 accident near Cassville, MO
On August 10, 2008, a Cessna 182 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Cassville, MO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 10, 2008
- Place
- Cassville, MO
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.686°N, 93.704°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080818X01258
Official records · DFW08FA204
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 10, 2008, approximately 1400 central standard time (CST), a Cessna 182T, N214MT, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Cassville, Missouri. The private pilot, who was the only occupant, was fatally injured. The airplane was owned by 733 LLC of Kansas City, Missouri and was operated by the pilot. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed at the time of the accident and a flight plan had not been filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The flight departed Turkey Mountain Estates Airport (MO00), Shell Knob, Missouri, at approximately 1355, and was destined for Lee's Summit Municipal Airport (LXT) Lee’s Summit, Missouri. The pilot telephoned the automated flight service station (AFSS) pre-flight weather briefer beginning at about 0600 and had three different conversations on the morning of the accident. All of those conversations between the pilot and the AFSS briefer concerned the weather conditions for a planned visual flight rules (VFR) flight from the MO00 airport to the LXT airport. A family member who had been with the pilot that weekend near MO00 said that the pilot really wanted to get back home that Sunday because he had been planning for a flight in his airplane for a business trip to Oklahoma City on the following day. A friend, who regularly flew with the pilot, said it had rained on Sunday morning and he and tried to convince the pilot not to go. He called the pilot at 1000 and told him that if he wanted to drive back to his home (near the LXT airport) that “I could ferry his airplane
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane after an inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions resulting in the subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's self-induced pressure to conduct the flight.
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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.
