Cessna 182B N2437G

Summary

On 15 October 2014 at about 16:45 local time, a Cessna 182B registered N2437G was involved in an accident near Orange, Texas, United States. 3 people were 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.

Date

15 October 2014 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Orange, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Orange County Airport (ORG)

Coordinates

30.0681, -93.8014

Aircraft

Cessna 182B

Registration

N2437G

Category

Airplane

Year built

1959

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Orange → Orange

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN15LA012

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during a go-around to avoid another airplane that was making a nonstandard approach to the opposing runway. Contributing to the accident was the other pilot’s use of a nonstandard approach while landing on the opposing runway.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he made three radio calls stating his intentions to land. When the airplane was about 25 to 50 ft above the runway, the pilot saw an agricultural airplane making a nonstandard, low circling approach to land on the opposing runway. The pilot added full power and initiated a shallow, right climbing turn to go around to avoid the other airplane. The pilot then banked the airplane left to avoid obstacles parked on the ramp and subsequently lost airplane control, and the airplane then impacted terrain. The agricultural pilot stated that he was not in the traffic pattern at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.