Cessna 182T accident near Santee, CA

On February 6, 2018, a Cessna 182T (airplane) was involved in an accident near Santee, CA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.

Date

February 6, 2018

Place

Santee, CA

Aircraft

Cessna 182T · Airplane

Injuries

2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Substantial

Position

32.817°N, 116.983°W

NTSB ID

20180206X32714

Official records · WPR18FA084

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• Recording Device - Specialist's Factual Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• Recording Device - Specialist's Factual Report - Attachment 1: Document (CSV), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 6, 2018, about 0654 Pacific standard time, a Cessna 182T airplane, N3525T, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Santee, California. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot filed a visual flight rules flight plan departing from Gillespie Field Airport (SEE), El Cajon, California, at 0645, with a destination of Elko Regional Airport, Elko, Nevada. The airplane departed runway 27R. Four witnesses in the surrounding area reported low-level fog, and one witness reported visibility about 1 mile. A video recorded by a witness showed the airplane in a climb enter fog, and a short time later, it reappeared exiting the fog in a descending left turn headed in an easterly direction toward the airport. The nose of the airplane pitched up, but the airplane continued to descend out of view of the camera and below the rooftops of several buildings. The airplane impacted a glass industrial storage facility about 3/4 mile west from the airport. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chart supplement, the SEE control tower opened at 0700 and was not in operation at the time the airplane departed; however, an off-duty air traffic controller in the tower witnessed the accident and called 911. One witness, a pilot who was performing a preflight check on his airplane at the time, reported that he heard the accident airplane start up and watched as it took off from runway 27R. He stated that the airplane departed th

Probable cause

The pilot's decision to take off into instrument meteorological conditions that resulted in spatial disorientation, and his exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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.