# Accident 20010530010899A: Cessna 182K, Victoria, TX, May 30, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2001, 07:20 local time
- Place: Victoria, TX
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7296° N, 97.0395° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7296&lon=-97.0395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201EX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201EX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182K (registry code 2072724, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182K
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 900 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010530010899A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON MAY 30, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 HOURS, A CESSNA 182K, N201EX, OWNED AND OPERATED BY JERRY W. CRABTREE  OUT OF VICTORIA, TX, CRAHSED JUST AFTER TAKE OFF FROM HIS PRIVATE STRIP.   MR. CRABTREE  REPORTED HIS SEAT BACK JUST AFTER TAKEOFF.  VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.   MR. CRABTREE  WAS NOT INJURED.                 (.4)ON MAY 30, 2001, AT 0720 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182K AIRPLANE, N201EX, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED TREES DURING TAKEOFF FROM A PRIVATE GRASS AIRSTRIP NEAR VICTORIA, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. THE PRIVATE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE FAA INSPECTOR, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, THAT HIS SEAT "SLID BACK" ABOUT THE TIME THE AIRPLANE ROTATED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE AIRSTRIP AND STRUCK THE TREES NEAR THE DEPARTURE END. THE FIREWALL SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER S LEADING EDGE WAS TORN  AND CRUSHED AFT TO ITS SPAR. BOTH THE LEFT WING SKIN AND FUSELAGE SKIN WERE WRINKLED. THE FAA INSPECTOR REPORTED THAT THE SEAT TRACK PIN HOLES WERE WITHIN THE MANUFACTURER'S LIMITS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE INSTALLATION OF A SAFETY LOCK ON THE SEAT TRACK COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE 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 FTW01LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA134), May 30, 2001: Cessna 182K (N201EX), Victoria, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection which resulted in an unsecured seat which slipped aft on takeoff.

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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