# Accident 20080810843719A: Cessna 182T, Hailey Hollow, MO, August 10, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hailey Hollow, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6864° N, 93.7039° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6864&lon=-93.7039&mi=10
- Aircraft: N214MT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N214MT-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 480 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080810843719A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT WITH CLOUDS AT ABOUT 1000 FEET AGL, THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED RISING TERRAIN ABOUT 500 FEET ABOVE AIRPORT ELEVATION. WITNESSES ESTIMATED THE WEATHER IN THAT AREA TO BE ABOUT 1 MILE VISIBILITY IN FOG AND LIGHT RAIN WITH CEILINGS AROUND 300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE BASE OF THE CLOUDS, A WITNESS REPORTED HEARING IT PASS OVER VERY LOW IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AND THEN SAW IT EXIT THE CLOUDS POINTED STRAIGHT DOWN, JUST BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND A RIDGE AND EXPLODED. THE PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS FATALLY INJURED. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY STRUCTURAL FAILURE BEFORE IMPACT, THE ENGINE WAS DEVELOPING POWER PRIOR TO IMPACT. THERE WAS AND INTENSE POST CRASH FIRE WHICH DESTROYED EVERYTHING BUT THE METAL PARTS.

## 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 DFW08FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA204), Aug 10, 2008: Cessna 182 (N214MT), Cassville, MO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane after an inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions resulting in the subsequent impact with terrain. Contributing to the…

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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