Cessna 182R N5134E
10 May 1983 · New Braunfels, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 10 May 1983 at about 04:53 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N5134E was involved in an accident near New Braunfels, Texas, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 04:53
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- New Braunfels, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- 29.4891, -98.3990
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182R
- Registration
- N5134E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- San Marcos → San Antonio
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- FTW83FA226
People
4 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
AT 2006 CDT, BEFORE DEPARTING SAN ANTONIO, TX, THE PLT OBTAINED A WX BREIFING. AT THAT TIME, HE WAS ADVISED TO EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS ON HIS FLT TO SAN MARCOS, TX, BUT IFR CONDITIONS WERE EXPECTED WHEN HE PLANNED TO RETURN AT ABOUT MIDNIGHT. THE PLT FLEW TO SAN MARCOS WHERE HE PERFORMED A COMEDY ACT FOR A NIGHT CLUB. HE BEGAN HIS RETURN FLT EARLY TO AVOID FORCASTED DETERIORATING WX. REPORTEDLY, LIGHT RAIN & FOG WERE PRESENT BEFORE THE ACFT DEPARTED SAN MARCOS. WHILE ON THE RETURN FLT, THE PLT WAS FLYING ALONG AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY WHEN THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH 2 POWER LINE CABLES WHICH CROSSED OVER THE ROADWAY. THE ACFT THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 500 YARDS BEYOND THE POWER LINE & BURNED. THE CABLES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 110 FT AGL BEFORE THEY WERE SEVERED BY IMPACT. A WITNESS, WHO WAS A PLT, ESTIMATED THE ACFT WAS FLYING ABOUT 75 TO 100 FT AGL BEFORE IMPACT. HE ESTIMATED THE CLOUDS BASES WERE ABOUT 200 TO 300 FT AGL & SAID THERE WAS RAIN & SLIGHT FOG IN THE AREA. REPORTEDLY, THE PLT STARTED TO PULL UP JUST BEFORE IMPACT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 182 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 1983 | Cessna 182N | Kalispell, Montana, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Jun 1983 | Cessna 182 | Bettles, Alaska, United States | John Pletting | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jul 1983 | Cessna 182C | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Jun 1983 | Cessna 182G | Dongola, Illinois, United States | Robert Etherton | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1983 | Cessna 182A | Torrance, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 1983 | Cessna 182P | Gunnison, Colorado, United States | Travis AFB Aero Club | No injuries | - |
All 6,261 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Apr 1983 | Douglas DC-8-63F | Dfw Airport, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Aug 1983 | Cessna 140 | Hitchcock, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 1983 | Aero Commander S2R | Katy, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Aug 1983 | Grumman G-164B | East Bernard, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Sep 1983 | Boeing 727-223B | Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas, United States | American Airlines, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
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