Cessna 182 N8641T
29 June 2001 · Gladewater, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 29 June 2001 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 182 registered N8641T, operated by Mary J. Todd, was involved in an accident near Gladewater, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Gladewater, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- 32.5400, -94.9400
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182
- Registration
- N8641T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Mary J. Todd
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Gladewater → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW01LA206
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
the pilot's inadvertent visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions while maneuvering, which resulted in her spatial disorientation and subsequent loss of control of the airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The non-instrument rated private pilot was practicing maneuvers with broken cloud conditions. She allowed the airplane to ascend into a "hazy area and noticed clouds were beginning to close around me." She added that she flew the airplane toward a "hole to descend through the clouds. [The] haze increased and [she] continued towards the opening but wound up in a cloud." She stated that she immediately experienced "vertigo and got into [an] unusual attitude." During the unusual attitude recovery, the front windshield and right rear windshield separated from the airplane. The pilot then made an uneventful landing. Examination of the airplane revealed structural damage to the wings, wing struts, and horizontal stabilizer.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2001 | Cessna 182J | Gold Beach, Oregon, United States | Billy Joe C. Pyatt | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Aug 2001 | Cessna 182R | Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Oct 2001 | Cessna 182 | York, Pennsylvania, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 2001 | Cessna 182M | Enterprise, Oregon, United States | Lowell E. Euhus | No injuries | - |
| 15 Jun 2001 | Cessna 182A | Baytown, Texas, United States | Micheal Tracey & Jason Satchell | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 2001 | Cessna 182P | Oswego, New York, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 6,261 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2001 | Cessna 340A | Lancaster, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 May 2001 | Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 | The Woodlands, Texas, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 23 Aug 2001 | Piper PA-46-310P | Bulverde, Texas, United States | Mr. Jan M. Klinck & Mr. Gary K. Klinck | Fatal | 1 |
| 30 Apr 2001 | Cessna 172N | Marfa, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 2001 | Hughes 269B | Nacogdoches, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Aug 2001 | Piper PA-18-150 | Van Horn, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |