# Accident 20070104000139A: Cessna 182R, Batesville, AR, January 4, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2007, 12:35 local time
- Place: Batesville, AR
- Airport: Batesville Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7322° N, 91.6150° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7322&lon=-91.6150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2658, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2658-2007-09-17) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 7,562 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070104000139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 01/04/2007, APPROX. 12:35 CDT, N2658 A CESSNA CE-182R OPERATED BY BARR AIR PATROL, 1442 AIRPORT BLVD. MESQUITE TX CRASHED ON APPROACH TO BATESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (BVX), BATESVILLE, AR. AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED VALPARAISO, IN FOR THE PURPOSE OF PIPELINE SURVEILLANCE VFR ONLY. AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO BVX FOR A SCHEDULED FUEL STOP, WEATHER CONDITIONS AT BVX WERE RECORDED AS 5 STATUTE MILES VISIBILITY AND 300 OVERCAST. ELEVATION AT THE POINT OF IMPACT WAS 541 FT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN ENTERED NOR WAS RADIO CONTACT MADE WITH PERSONNEL AT BVX. LAST TRANSMISSION WAS WITH THE COMPANY AT APPROX. 11:40 CDT VIA SAT PHONE NO DISTRESS NOTED. ELT WAS IN THE OFF POSITION. BOTH THE PILOT AND OBSERVER WERE FATAL. WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED APPROX. 11:00 CDT 01/05/2007.

## 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 DFW07FA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07FA051), Jan 4, 2007: Cessna 182R (N2658), Batesville, AR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from trees. A contributing factor to the accident was the prevailing 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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