# Accident 20050110003109A: Cessna 182R, Monroe, LA, January 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2005, 19:55 local time
- Place: Monroe, LA
- Airport: Monroe Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6014° N, 91.9300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6014&lon=-91.9300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9474E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9474E-2008-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,217 total, 910 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050110003109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VMC TO PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES. THREE SUCCESSFUL MADE WITH AIRCRAFT LANDING AND SHORT TURN AROUND. NO WITNESS, BUT REASON FOR STOP AND VOICE CHANGING ON RADIO INDICATED A SWAP IN PIC. ONE SUCCESSFUL ILS MADE FOLLOWED BY TWO ERRATIC ILS ATTEMPTS. ON MISSED APPROACH GO AROUND, ATC INSTRUCTED A CLIMB TO 2100 FEET AND TURN TO 360 HEADING. LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS WITH NO REPORTS OF PROBLEMS BY AIRCREW. LAST RADAR HITS INDICATED ABNORMAL HIGH RATE OF SPEED 190 KTS AND THEN DECELERATING TO 134 KTS BEFORE RADAR CONTACT LOST.

## 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 SEA05FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05FA034), Jan 11, 2005: Cessna 182R (N9474E), Monroe, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot manipulating the controls to maintain aircraft control during a night missed approach in instrument meteorological conditions. Factors include a dark night and low ceilings.

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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