# Accident 20021201038509A: Cessna 182J, Brevard, NC, December 1, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2002, 09:45 local time
- Place: Brevard, NC
- Airport: Transylvania County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2703° N, 82.4775° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2703&lon=-82.4775&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3529F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 360 in this make and model, 650 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA03LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021201038509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT ROTATE ON TAKE-OFF ROLL. ABORTED TAKEOFF AND AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 27. APPROXIMATELY 1,500 FT OF SKID MARKS NOTED. CONTROL CONTINUITY VERIFIED FOR THE AILERONS AND RUDDER. ELEVATOR CONTINUITY OK UP TO THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT AREA. COULD NOT VERIFY THE ELEVATOR CABLE CONTINUITY TO YOKE ASSEMBLY DUE TO FORWARD FUSELAGE DAMAGE. FOUND BENT CONTROL YOKE LOCK PIN ON FLOORBOARD BETWEEN SEATS. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED BY AIRPORT CREW FOR SECURITY PRIOR TO INVESTIGATION.

## 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 MIA03LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA03LA021), Dec 1, 2002: Cessna 182J (N3529F), Brevard, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: the jamming of the elevator control system for undetermined reason, which resulted in the airplane departing the runway, and impacting with a ditch, during the aborted 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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