Cessna 182R N2658

Summary

On 4 January 2007 at about 18:35 local time, a Cessna 182R registered N2658 was involved in an accident near Batesville, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 January 2007 at 18:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Batesville, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Batesville Regional (BVX)

Coordinates

35.7322, -91.6150

Aircraft

Cessna 182R

Registration

N2658

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Aerial Observation

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Valparaiso → Batesville

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW07FA051

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees. A contributing factor to the accident was the prevailing low ceilings.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While on a company visual flight rules flight plan, the instrument-rated commercial pilot and observer were returning from a three day pipeline patrol trip. On the morning of the accident they had "picked up" the pipeline and were following it on a 693-nautical mile cross-country flight to their home base. Standard procedure was to fly above the pipeline at an altitude of approximately 500-feet while the observer examined the pipeline. As they approached an airport for a planned fuel stop, the single-engine airplane impacted trees near the top of a hill that was located approximately 1.45 miles northeast from the approach end, and near the extended center line of the runway. The airplane came to rest in an inverted position about 275-feet beyond the initial tree impact. At the time of their arrival, the automated weather observation facility at the airport was reporting a visibility of 5 statute miles with 300-foot overcast. The wreckage was not located until about 1230 the following day. The airplane was equipped with an emergency locating transmitter; however, the transmitter was found in the "OFF" position. All major components of the airplane were accounted for at the site and there was no evidence of fire. An examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any pre impact anomalies that would have prevented normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.