# Accident 20070227002679A: Cessna T182T, Athens, TX, February 27, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2007, 15:06 local time
- Place: Athens, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1506° N, 95.7792° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1506&lon=-95.7792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14685, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14685-2014-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T182T (registry code 2072738, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A (registry code 42005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-tio-540-ak1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T182T
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540AK1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070227002679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ ACTING AS PIC AND TWO PASSENGERS DEPARTED ARROW ESTATES AIRPORT IN BERRYVILLE, TX ENROUTE TO MIDLAND, TX. DURING CLIMB OUT ALL ENGINE INDICATIONS WERE IN THE NORMAL RANGE. TEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 5400 FEET THE PILOT OBSERVED A TIT WARNING ON THE MULTI-FUNCTION DISPLAY FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT REDUCED THE ENGINE THROTTLE SETTING AND PITCHED THE NOSE OVER SEEKING TO ESTABLISH BEST GLIDE SPEED. THE PILOT MADE A "MAY DAY" RADIO TRANSMISSION AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT THE ATHENS AIRPORT (F44). THE PILOT ASKED THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER TO ASSIST HIM WITH THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. THE PILOT REALIZED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO REACH ATHENS AIRPORT AND ELECTED TO LAND IN A GRASS FIELD SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE INITIAL GROUND IMPACT POINT WAS A SERIES OF GROUND SCARS THAT STARTED APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET FROM WHERE THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS AND VERTICAL STABILIZER. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAD SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS SHEARED OF FROM THE AIRFRAME.

## 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 DFW07LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA078), Feb 27, 2007: Cessna T182T (N14685), Athens, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power as result of the failure of a mechanic to properly check the torque on the input and output fuel lines to the fuel transducer during the manufacturing process. A contributing…

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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