# Accident 20061022022519A: Cessna 182T, Rocky Mount, NC, October 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2006, 16:35 local time
- Place: Rocky Mount, NC
- Airport: Rocky Mount-Wilson
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9253° N, 77.8025° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9253&lon=-77.8025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2135L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2135L-2008-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 271 total, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061022022519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/22/06 AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 UTC N2135L CHECKED ON FREQUENCY WITH WASHINGTON ARTCC ASKING FOR RNAV 3 APPROACH TO W03, ATC ADVISED UNABLE THAT APPROACH, PILOT THEN ASKED FOR RNAV 03 KRWI, PILOT WAS ADVISED NO SUCH APPROACH, ATC THEN RECOMMENDED RNAV 04 AT KRWI, PILOT ACCEPTED AND WAS CLEARED. N2135L EXECUTED A FULL RNAV 04 APPROACH AT KRWI, EYEWITNESS REPORT STATES THE AIRCRAFT WAS WELL LEFT OF COURSE AS IT BROKE OUT OF AN OVERCAST LAYER AT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET. ATC TAPES AND STATEMENTS REPORT THE AIRCRAFT ADVISED ATC MISSED APPROACH PROCEEDING TO TAR RIVER VOR, ATC ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE MISSED WAS FENIM. ATC THEN ADVISED N2135L TO CONTINUE TO TAR RIVER. PILOT THEN ASKED FOR HELP TO PROCEED TO AN AIRPORT WITH BETTER WEATHER. PILOT WAS ASKED IF KPGV WAS OK AND GIVEN WEATHER AT KPGV TWICE. THE PILOT ACCEPTED KPGV AS THE ALTERNATE WITH HEADING AND ALTITUDE INSTRUCTIONS. SHORTLY AFTER N2135L WAS GIVEN MEA FOR AREA AND ASKED IF CLIMBING. NO RESPONSE WAS GIVEN. N2135L IMPACTED THE GROUND ON A RAILROAD SERVICE ROAD LOCATED AT END OF WARD STREET IN THE CITY OF ROCKY MOUNT, NC. TWO FATALITIES, AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED DUE TO IMPACT AND FIRE.

## 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 ATL07FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA010), Oct 22, 2006: Cessna 182T (N2135L), Rocky Mount, NC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control.

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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