# Accident 20070421010379A: Cessna 182Q, Key West, FL, April 21, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2007, 22:12 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.6969° N, 81.4983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.6969&lon=-81.4983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N422G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N422G-2008-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070421010379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N422G DEPARTED VFR ON RUNWAY 06 AT KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (EYW), ENROUTE TO LEESBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LEE). AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION LEVELED AT 3500 FT. AND ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP HIS IFR CLEARANCE FROM MIAMI CENTER. CONTROLLER DID NOT HAVE N422G ON RADAR SCREEN BUT GAVE AIRCRAFT AN IFR TRANSPONDER CODE AND REMINDED THE PILOT THAT RESTRICTED AREA R-2916 (CUDJOE KEY, FL) WAS ACTIVE TO 8000 FT. THERE WERE NO FURTHER TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE PILOT AND LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEES AT CUDJOE KEY REPORTED THAT THEY HEARD AN AIRPLANE FLYING OVER THE R-2916 SITE (WHERE AN UNMARKED WEATHER/SURVEILLANCE BALLON WAS TETHERED TO APPROXIMATELY 8000 FT). AND THEN CRASH INTO THE WATER ABOUT 300 YARDS AWAY.

## 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 MIA07FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA083), Apr 21, 2007: Cessna 182Q (N422G), Cudjoe Key, FL, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from an active restricted area, which resulted in the airplane colliding with the tether of an aerostat.

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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