Cessna 182R N6319H

Summary

On 12 June 2003 at about 21:20 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N6319H was involved in an accident near Hobbs, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 June 2003 at 21:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Hobbs, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Hobbs Industrial Airpark (NM83)

Coordinates

32.7794, -103.2142

Aircraft

Cessna 182R

Registration

N6319H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hobbs → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN03TA102

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in a stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Civil Air Patrol private pilot had recently (he had logged 24 tows) been signed off to tow gliders. He said that his initial climb incline was 20 degrees, and his airspeed was approximately 50 knots [the airplane's Pilot's Operating Handbook states that the flaps up, power off stall speed is 54 knots]. Several witnesses said that the airplane departed at a high angle of attack, and then mush/stalled into a T-hangar. Post accident examination of the airplane revealed that both wings were bent and wrinkled, and both the fuselage and empennage were bent and wrinkled. The density altitude was calculated to be 7,070 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.