# Accident 20100908046159A: Cessna 182T, Helena, GA, September 8, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2010, 09:32 local time
- Place: Helena, GA
- Airport: Mcrae
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1397° N, 82.8542° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1397&lon=-82.8542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N804GK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N804GK-2017-06-19) (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: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 14,600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10FA471](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA471) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100908046159A

## Narrative

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

09/08/2010 AIRCRAFT N804GK WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM WEST GA REGIONAL AIRPORT (CTJ) TO TELFAIR WHEELER COUNTY AIRPORT (MQW). AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO TERRAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 1332 Z. AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH 2.7 MILES FROM END OF RUNWAY 21 AT MQW. LAST RADAR TRACK WAS AT 700' AGL.

## 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 ERA10FA471](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FA471), Sep 8, 2010: Cessna 182T (N804GK), Helena, GA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s continuance of the GPS approach below the minimum descent altitude while landing in 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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