# Accident 20020402005549A: Cessna T182, Amarillo, TX, April 2, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2002, 09:46 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N983HH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983HH-2002-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182 (registry code 2072736, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020402005549A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 2, 2002 AT 9:46 AM CDT, N983HH, A CESSNA MODEL T182, WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT WHEN IT STRUCK A COAL CONVEYER AT THE 200 FT. LEVEL AT THE HERRINGTON POWER PLANT WHILE ON A SPECIAL VFR APPROACH TO AMA AIRPORT. THE HERRINGTON POWER PLANT IS LOCATED 5 MILES FROM AMA. IFR CONDITIONS EXISTEDAND STEAM RISING FROM THE POWERPLANT EXACERBATED THE CONDITIONS AT THE ACC IDENT SITE. ATC WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE AIRCRAFT, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT VISIBLE ON RADAR. THE AIRCRAFT HAD REPORTED 19 MILES NORTH OF AMA AT 3,700 FT. (ALTITUDE AT AMA IS 3607 FT.), WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT FLYING LESS THAN A 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN FNL AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE PRIVATE INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT AND PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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