# Accident 20080815845109A: Cessna 182T, August 15, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2008
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4544° N, 105.9311° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4544&lon=-105.9311&mi=10
- Aircraft: N487TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N487TC-2010-10-04) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 80 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080815845109A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SBS, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS ON FRIDAY AUGUST 15 AT APPROX 0800 ENROUTE TO SUGARLAND, TX.  NO IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  WEATHER WAS RAIN, SNOW, BUT STILL VFR.  AIRCRAFT FLEW VICTOR AND WAS LOST BY RADAR AT APPROX 1454Z.  ALNOT WAS ISSUED.  THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND 08/17/08 ON MT GUYOT, JUST WEST OF GEORGIA PASS AT THE 12,600 FT LEVEL.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY A POST ACCIDENT FIRE.  ALL INHABITANTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE DECEASED.

## 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 DEN08FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA141), Aug 15, 2008: Cessna 182T (N487TC), Georgia Pass, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control after inadvertantly encountering instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident were the pilot's failure to obtain a weather brief…

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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