Cessna 182 accident near Louisburg, NC
On March 2, 2019, a Cessna 182 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Louisburg, NC. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 2, 2019
- Place
- Louisburg, NC
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.002°N, 78.355°W
- NTSB ID
- 20190302X82302
Official records · ERA19FA113
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control ADSB Raw Data: Document (CSV), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn March 1, 2019, at 1921 eastern standard time, a Cessna 182S, N26617, was destroyed when it collided with terrain after takeoff from Triangle North Executive Airport (LHZ), Louisburg, North Carolina. The private pilot and two passengers were fatally injured. Night instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the personal flight which was conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Information obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and a commercial vendor revealed that the pilot obtained a weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan through a commercial on-line site at 1819. According to LHZ security records, the pilot's truck passed through the gate onto the airport at 1852. The pilot obtained his IFR clearance by telephone before departure. The clearance instructed the pilot to depart from runway 23, fly a heading of 180°, and climb to an altitude of 3,000 ft mean sea level (msl). After takeoff, a radar target identified as the accident airplane was acquired at 1920:03 over the runway at 425 ft msl (about 60 ft above ground level [agl]) and 91 knots groundspeed. The airplane maintained the approximate runway heading until 1920:56, when the airplane entered a right turn while at 1,225 ft msl (about 860 ft agl) and 99 knots groundspeed. At 1921:02, the airplane reached the top of its climb at 1,300 ft msl (about 930 ft agl) while in the turn. Afterward, the airplane entered a descending right turn while its groundspeed began to accelerat
Probable cause
The pilot's spatial disorientation and loss of airplane control following takeoff in night instrument meteorological conditions.
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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.
