# Accident 20040103032089A: Cessna 182G, Taylorsville, NC, January 3, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2004, 13:30 local time
- Place: Taylorsville, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9300° N, 81.1847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9300&lon=-81.1847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3102S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3102S-2005-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182G (registry code 2072716, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040103032089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 3, 2004, AT 1333 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 182-G, N3102S, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED A PRIVATE OWNER, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT ON TAKEOFF ROLL AT TAYLORSVILLE AIRPORT, TAYLORSVILLE, NC. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR LACERATIONS AND BRUISES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TAYLORSVILLE AIRPORT, NC AT THE SAME DATE AND TIME ABOVE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE STARTED HIS TAKEOFF ROLL ON THE WEST RUNWAY, AND JUST BEFORE ROTATIONS HIS SEAT SLID BACKWARDS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE "LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL" OF THE AIRPLANE, AND THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT.

## 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 ATL04LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04LA063), Jan 3, 2004: Cessna 182G (N3102S), Taylorsville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow the checklist, resulting in a loss of directional control on the takeoff roll when the seat moved rearward, and on ground collision with an embankment.

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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