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FAA accident report · Cessna 182N · Georgetown, TX · March 4, 2006

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Date
March 4, 2006 · 11:09 local
Place
Georgetown, TX
Airport
Georgetown Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
XBBID
Reported as
Cessna 182N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
760 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted on March 4, 2006 at approximately 1109 central standard time, xb-bid, a Cessna 182, was destroyed upon impact with terrain shortly after takeoff from the Georgetown Municipal Airport (gtu), near Georgetown, Texas. Records from airport personnel indicate the airplane was owned and operated by the pilot who held a mexican private pilot's certificate. The pilot and front seat passenger were fatally injured. The two back seat passengers were seriously injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. No flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR part 91 personal flight. The flight originated in Georgetown and was destined for an undetermined airport in the vicinity of breckenridge, Colorado. Two witnesses watched the pilot pump 25.8 gallons of avgas into the airplane prior to taking off. Two other witnesses saw the airplane take off. One heard the engine "sputter", saw the airplane level at about 100 feet, the nose and right wing dropped. He heard the sound of the impact a few seconds later. The other heard no unusual noise but said the airplane appeared to be "struggling to stay in the air."

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON MARCH 4, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 1109 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, XB-BID, A CESSNA 182, WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM THE GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (GTU), NEAR GEORGETOWN, TEXAS. RECORDS FROM AIRPORT PERSONNEL INDICATE THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT WHO HELD A MEXICAN PRIVATE PILOT'S CERTIFICATE. THE PILOT AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE TWO BACK SEAT PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN GEORGETOWN AND WAS DESTINED FOR AN UNDETERMINED AIRPORT IN THE VICINITY OF BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO. TWO WITNESSES WATCHED THE PILOT PUMP 25.8 GALLONS OF AVGAS INTO THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO TAKING OFF. TWO OTHER WITNESSES SAW THE AIRPLANE TAKE OFF. ONE HEARD THE ENGINE "SPUTTER", SAW THE AIRPLANE LEVEL AT ABOUT 100 FEET, THE NOSE AND RIGHT WING DROPPED. HE HEARD THE SOUND OF THE IMPACT A FEW SECONDS LATER. THE OTHER HEARD NO UNUSUAL NOISE BUT SAID THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO BE "STRUGGLING TO STAY IN THE AIR."