# Accident 20070621016789A: Cessna 182C, Taylorsville, NC, June 21, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2007, 11:50 local time
- Place: Taylorsville, NC
- Airport: Gryder-Teague
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9183° N, 81.1142° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9183&lon=-81.1142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8691T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8691T-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 279 total, 279 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA145) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070621016789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 21, 2007, ABOUT 1201 PM, A CESSNA 182, REGISTRATION NUMBER N8691T, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT THE GRYDER-TEAGUE AIRPORT (NC58), NEAR TAYLORSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE FATALLY INJURED. WEATHER CONDITION AT THE TIME WAS VMC. THIS WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM NEARBY TAYLORSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, (4NC3 AIRPORT). RECORDS SHOW THE PRIVATE PILOT WITH ABOUT 279 HOURS OF FLIGHT EXPERIENCE WHILE THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, A RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT, HAD ABOUT 2,500 FLIGHT HOURS. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT. AN IMPACT CRATER WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 210 FEET BEYOND THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, AND ABOUT 45 FEET LEFT OF THE GRASS RUNWAY'S EDGE. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE CLIPPED SEVERAL SMALL (TOP) BRANCHES OF A HICKORY TREE THAT STOOD ABOUT 70' TALL AT THE RUNWAY'S THRESHOLD. AFTER CROSSING THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE CONTINUED AT A STEEP NOSE DOWN ANGLE, IMPACTING THE GROUND ABOUT 210 FEET BEYOND. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS AND BASIC ENGINE FUNCTIONS AT THE WRECKAGE SITE DID NOT REVEAL ANY APPARENT AIRCRAFT MECHANICAL FAILURES.

## 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 NYC07FA145](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07FA145), Jun 21, 2007: Cessna 182C (N8691T), Hiddenite, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: Carburetor icing, which resulted in a loss of engine power. Also causal, was the pilots' failure to maintain airspeed during the forced landing, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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