# Accident 20130509010249A: Cessna 182T, Fredericksburg, TX, May 9, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2013, 13:11 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, TX
- Airport: Fredericksburg Gillespie Count
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2394° N, 98.8850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2394&lon=-98.8850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6197H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6197H-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 (registry code 41808, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ab1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-AB1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 162 total, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130509010249A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 9, 2013, A CESSNA MODEL CE-182T WAS INBOUND FROM FORT WORTH SPINKS AIRPORT (FWS), FORT WORHT TEXAS TO GILLESPIE COUNTY AIRPORT (T82) FREDERICKSBURG TX.

DURING DESCENT TO T82, ATC CLEARED PIC TO DESCENT TO 4,100 FT FOR VOR/DME APPROACH. SOMETIME AFTER SERVICES WERE TERMINATED AT , APPOX. 1811:30 THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED.

AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED ON IMPACT TO GROUND, AND THEN CONSUMED BY FIRE. TWO FATALITIES IN ACCIDENT PIC AND PASSENGER.

## 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 CEN13FA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA269), May 9, 2013: Cessna 182T (N6197H), Fredericksburg, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed while transitioning from instrument to visual flight while still in instrument conditions, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.

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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