# Accident 20050915020949A: Cessna 175B, Splendora, TX, September 15, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: Splendora, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2703° N, 95.0253° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2703&lon=-95.0253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8285T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8285T-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175B (registry code 2072506, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GO-300 series (registry code 17024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175B
- Reported engine: LYC O360A3A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,220 total, 145 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05FA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA240) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050915020949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CDT, A CESSNA 175, N8285T, BELONGING TO AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ DEPARTED WILLIAMS AIRPORT (9X1) WITH TWO PASSENGERS TO FLY OVER SOME LEASED PROPERTY IN THE VICINITY OF SPENDORA, TEXAS. AT APPROXIMATELY 0400 CDT ON 09/16/2005, THE CIVIL AIR PATROL WAS NOTIFIED OF A ELT SIGNAL AND BEGAN A SEARCHING FOR THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE LOCATED IN A FIELD OF PINE TREES AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 CDT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOSE DOWN BETWEEN THE PINE TREES AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE KILLED. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THIS 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## 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 DFW05FA240](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA240), Sep 15, 2005: Cessna 175B (N8285T), Cleveland, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin. A contributing factor was the low altitude.

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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