# Accident 20090924020089A: Cessna 182Q, Houma, LA, September 24, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 2009, 06:05 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Houma-Terrebonne
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5417° N, 90.6633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5417&lon=-90.6633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96894, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96894-2015-08-26) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09FA603](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA603) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090924020089A

## Narrative

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

N96894 CALLED THE HOUMA, LA. TOWER FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS, THE TOWER INSTRUCTED N96894 TO TAXI TO RUNWAY 18 AND ADVISED THE PILOT THE AIRPORT WAS IFR WITH AND OVERCAST CEILING AT 300 FEET AND VISIBILITY SEVEN MILES.  THE PILOT REQUESTED TO DEPART THE AIRPORT SPECIAL VFR.  THE TOWER ISSUED A SPECIAL VFR CLEARANCE TO DEPART THE CLASS D AIRSPACE TO THE SOUTHWEST.  N96894 ADVISED HE WAS READY FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 18 AND WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF.  THE TOWER MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT N96894, BUT RECEIVED NO RESPONSE.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND 1.05 MILES SOUTH OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 18 AND TWO TENTHS OF A MILE WEST OF THE EXTENDED RUNWAY CENTERLINE.  THERE WAS ONE FATALITY.

## 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 CEN09FA603](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09FA603), Sep 24, 2009: Cessna 182Q (N96894), Houma, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to take off into instrument meteorological conditions.

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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