# Accident 20090308005809A: Cessna 182, Carrollton, GA, March 8, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2009, 08:40 local time
- Place: Carrollton, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5461° N, 85.1411° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5461&lon=-85.1411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1913M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1913M-2013-04-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 154 total, 96 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090308005809A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT AND 2 PASSENGERS DEPARTED KRYY (MCCULLUM) IN VFR WEATHER AT 0804 LOCAL TIME AND PROCEEDED TO FLY SOUTH INTO DETERIORATING WX CONDITIONS.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AT APROX 0835.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.  THREE FATALITIES (3).

## 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 ERA09FA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA185), Mar 8, 2009: Cessna 182P (N1913M), Carrollton, GA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue visual flight rules flight into an area of reduced visibility weather conditions, which resulted in disorientation and subsequent loss of aircraft control.

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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