Cessna 182 accident near Lincolnton, GA
On September 22, 2020, a Cessna 182 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lincolnton, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 22, 2020
- Place
- Lincolnton, GA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.770°N, 82.454°W
- NTSB ID
- 20200922X91109
Official records · ERA20LA329
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On September 22, 2020, at 1712 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 182 airplane, N2601Q, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Lincolnton, Georgia. The private pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A review of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) tracking data revealed that the pilot departed Cherokee County Regional Airport (CNI), Canton, Georgia, about 1530. He flew to Barrow County Regional Airport (WDR) Winder, Georgia, and remained there for about 30 minutes. He then departed for his home airport, a private field in Lincolnton, Georgia, at 1638. About 1710, the airplane approached a field and pond located on land owned by the pilot’s family, about 3 miles south of the private airport. A witness who was mowing the grass surrounding the pond reported that the airplane flew “low” toward him and then over the pond in the pilot’s “standard ‘I’m home’ fly by.” Another witness, who was also mowing around the pond, reported that the airplane “buzzed the pond” at an altitude less than 60 ft above the ground. The airplane then “pulled up to normal flying altitude” and circled in a left turn before it approached the pond a second time. The witness estimated that, as the airplane approached the pond, its altitude was less than 50 ft above the ground. At one point, the airplane flew between two groups of trees with its right wing pointing “almost straight up in the air.” The airplane impacted the ground at the edge of the pond, and briefly became airborne again before it impact
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of airplane control while maneuvering at a low altitude.
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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.
