# Accident 20111126028619A: Cessna 182R, Mescalero, NM, November 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2011, 09:13 local time
- Place: Mescalero, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3053° N, 105.3608° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3053&lon=-105.3608&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9408X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9408X-2014-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 213 total, 213 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111126028619A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2011, AT 0913 MDT, N9408X, A CESSNA MODEL CE-182-R, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, REGISTERED TO JD & KAT, LTD, WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM SNK, SNYDER, TX TO SRR, RUIDOSO, NM UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH SPEED AND HIGH RATE OF DESCENT.  AFTER ENCOUNTERING MARGINAL VISUAL OR INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL WEATHER WEST OF ROW, ROSWELL, NM, THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT INFORMED ROW APPROACH CONTROL (ROW APP) THAT HE INTENDED TO LOITER SOUTHWEST OF ROW FOR A FEW MINUTES, UNTIL HE DETERMINED WHETHER TO ATTEMPT ANOTHER VISUAL APPROACH INTO SRR OR WHETHER TO DIVERT TO AND MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT ROW.  A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT ANNOUNCED HIS INTENSION TO RESUME THE VISUAL FLIGHT TO SRR.  EIGHT MINUTES AFTER ROW APP RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT AND ASKED THE PILOT TO "SQUAWK VFR", THE RADAR RETURNS FOR THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM THE RADAR SCOPES AT ROW APP AND ALBUQUERQUE CENTER (ZAB).  BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED, THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REPORTED MISSING OR OVERDUE TO LOCKHEED MARTIN FLIGHT SERVICE UNTIL NOVEMBER 29, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1455 CST.  THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 MST ON NOVEMBER 30, 2011, IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN ON THE MESCALERO APACHE RESERVATION, EAST NORTHEAST OF MESCALERO, NM.  THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER DIED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 CEN12FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12FA090), Nov 26, 2011: Cessna 182R (N9408X), Mescalero, NM, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional attempt to fly into adverse weather, which resulted in an in-flight loss of control. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of instrument experience.

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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