# Accident 20070104000389A: Cessna 182P, Columbia, SC, January 4, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2007, 23:37 local time
- Place: Columbia, SC
- Airport: Columbia Metropolitan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9472° N, 81.1564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9472&lon=-81.1564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55YS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55YS-2007-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070104000389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING A ILS TO RUNWAY 11 @ THE COLUMBIA, SC METRO AIRPORT (CAE). AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED MINIMUM ALTITUDE AND COLLIDED WITH TREES AND GROUND.

## 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 ATL07FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA031), Jan 5, 2007: Cessna 182P (N55YS), Columbia, SC, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to follow approach procedures by descending below the prescribed descision height altitude resulting in an in-flight collision with trees and the ground. This report was modified…

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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