# Accident 20100701037999A: Cessna 182P, Avalon, CA, July 1, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4058° N, 118.3933° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4058&lon=-118.3933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222CG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222CG-2018-01-12) (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 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 702 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10FA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA324) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100701037999A

## Narrative

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

07/01/2010, UNICOM OF AIRPORT RECEIVED DISTRESSED CALL FROM PILOT OF AIRCRAFT.  PILOT REPORTED HE WAS POSSIBLY HAVING A HEART ATTACK AND COULD NOT MOVE HIS RIGHT ARM.  AFTER RESPONDING TO AIRCRAFT THE UNICOM OPERATOR WAS UNABLE TO GET AN ANSWER, SHORTLY AFTER AN OBSERVER SAW SMOKE IN THE DIRECTION THE AIRCRAFT HAD LAST BEEN HEADING

## 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 WPR10FA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10FA324), Jul 1, 2010: Cessna 182P (N222CG), Avalon, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's incapacitation due to a heart attack, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.

## Other reports on N222CG (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920104000939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920104000939I), Jan 4, 1992: Cessna 182P (N222CG), Mason City, IA. VFR pilot elected to follow highway in deteriorating weather. Saw airport light. Landed without IFR clearance.

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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