# Accident 20150317003799A: Cessna 182Q, El Paso, TX, March 17, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2015, 12:40 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9519° N, 105.9728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9519&lon=-105.9728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735KF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735KF-2018-05-10) (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 MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,274 total, 4,800 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150317003799A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 17, 2015, AT ABOUT 12:40 MST, A CESSNA 182, N735KF, REGISTERED TO BRENTCO AERIAL PATROLS, COLLIDED WITH A MOUNTAIN 23 MILES FROM EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHILE EN ROUTE TO EL PASO, TX. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS KILLED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SNYDER, TX.

## 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 CEN15FA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA174), Mar 17, 2015: Cessna 182Q (N735KF), El Paso, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue a visual flight rules flight into known instrument flight rules conditions, which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.

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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