# Accident 20070429020569A: Cessna 182Q, Carlsbad, CA, April 29, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2007, 09:45 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1019° N, 117.3556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1019&lon=-117.3556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97287, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97287-2007-10-18) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,975 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070429020569A

## Narrative

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

(-23)PRIVATE/INSTRUMENT PILOT AND TWO (2) FEMALE PASSENGERS DEPARTED MCCLELLAN-PALOMAR AIRPORT, CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA (CRQ) AT 1643Z, ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO CHANDLER, ARIZONA (CHD). PILOT CONTACTED SOCAL TRACON DELMAR SECTOR, WAS RADAR IDENTIFIED AND ISSUED A CLEARANCE TO 6000FT, FOLLOWED BY A CLEARANCE TO 5000FT AND A 060 HEADING TO JLI. AT 1646Z, RADAR/RADIO CONTACT WERE LOST. AT APPROXIMATELY 1645Z, A FISHING BOAT OBSERVED AN AIRCRAFT DESCENDING FROM THE OVERCAST IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND IMPACT THE PACIFIC OCEAN APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WEST OF MCCLELLAN-PALOMAR AIRPORT. SUBSEQUENT SEARCH OF OCEAN SURFACE RECOVERED TWO (2) FEMALE BODIES. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE SUBMERGED IN APPROXIMATELY 300FT OF WATER. PILOT AND AIRCRAFT UNRECOVERED. RECORDED SCT ATC COMMUNICATIONS WERE ROUTINE AND NORMAL. PILOT REPORTED NO DIFFICULTIES OR DISTRESS. RADAR DATA REVEALS IN THE LAST 45 SECONDS OF FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED 1900 FEET IN A CONTINUING LEFT TURN FROM 085 DEGREES TO 233 DEGREES, ACCELERATING FROM 132 KTS. TO 192 KTS. UPON IMPACT WITH THE OCEAN SURFACE.

## 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 LAX07LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA140), Apr 29, 2007: Cessna 182Q (N97287), Carlsbad, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's loss of control due to spatial disorientation.

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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