# Accident 19980604012319A: Cessna 182R, Bradenton, FL, June 4, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1998, 12:15 local time
- Place: Bradenton, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3097° N, 82.5196° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3097&lon=-82.5196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9846H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9846H-2000-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,154 total, 320 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980604012319A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AERIAL OBSERVATION FLIGHT CRASHED INTO LAKE. NO MECHANICAL DESICREPANCIES. CONSISTANT WITH STALL SPIN ACCIDENT. (.4) THE FLIGHT WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PIPELINE OBSERVATION. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT CLIMB AT A STEEP ANGLE WITH FULL ENGINE POWER AT THE POINT PIPELINE PERSONNEL STATED THE OBSERVATION OF THE PIPELINE WOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THE AIRCRAFT'S WING AND NOSED THEN DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AND WAS LOST FROM SIGHT BEHIND TREES. THE ENGINE NOISE, WHICH WAS STILL AT FULL POWER, CEASED SUDDENLY FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF IMPACT INTO A RIVER. POST CRASH EXAMINATION SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AND THEN CRASHED INTO A RIVER WHILE DESCENDING IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AT A SLOW SPEED. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE, AIRFRAME, AND FLIGHT CONTROLS SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF PRE-IMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY TESTING OF SPECIMENS FROM THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS SHOWED NO FINDINGS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED CAUSAL TO THE ACCIDENT. (-23) WHILE ON AN AERIAL OBSERVATION FLIGHT, WITH TWO OBSERVERS, THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO LAKE MANETEE NEAR BRADENTON, FL. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED                                             THERE WAS NOT ANY MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES AND THE ACCIDENT WAS CONSISTENT WITH A STALL/SPIN ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA98FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FA177), Jun 4, 1998: Cessna 182R (N9846H), Bradenton, FL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain airspeed during climb after a low level observation flight resulting in the aircraft entering into a stall and descending uncontrolled until it crashed into trees…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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