Cessna 182Q accident near Carlsbad, NM
On November 19, 2021, a Cessna 182Q (airplane) was involved in an accident near Carlsbad, NM. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 19, 2021
- Place
- Carlsbad, NM
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182Q · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 32.573°N, 104.093°W
- NTSB ID
- 20211119104278
Official records · WPR22FA043
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On November 19, 2021, about 1130 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182Q Skylane, N91AZ, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Carlsbad, New Mexico. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerial observation flight. The pilot departed Odessa Airport-Schlemeyer Field (KODO) Odessa, Texas, about 0930 central standard time for an aerial pipeline and oil well survey, with an intended destination of Gaines County Airport, (KGNC), Seminole, Texas. The operator reported that the pilot had experience with this pipeline survey flight. According to automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) data, about 2.5 hours into the flight, the airplane entered a modified, single-grid flight track that started 12 nautical miles (nm) northwest of the accident site at an altitude of 400 ft agl. The airplane continued to maneuver west to east, in a south to north grid pattern (Figure 1). 12 nm Figure 1. View of ADS-B flight track showing single grid flight track. About 40 minutes later, at an altitude of 325 ft agl, the airplane skirted around an FM tower to the south before it maneuvered back to the north to continue its aerial survey. About 6 minutes later, the airplane turned right to the southwest about 9 nm from the tower and at an altitude of about 447 agl. The airplane continued southwest towards the tower and impacted the tower’s guy line at an altitude of about 500 agl and impacted terrain. A postcrash fire ensued, and the fuselage sustained substantial thermal damage. The tower, which was about 17 nm
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain separation from an FM tower guy wire while on an aerial survey 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.
