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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182R · Abilene, TX · October 12, 2015

Date
October 12, 2015 · 16:55 local
Place
Abilene, TX
Airport
Abilene Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9736H
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA034
Reported as
Cessna 182R
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
30,682 total7,200 in this make and model390 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On October 12, 2015, at 1655 local a Cessna 182R aircraft bearing registration number N9736H , registered to brentco aerial patrol inc., hit a fence with the right wing while taxiing at Abilene Regional Airport, Abilene, Texas. The aircraft was being operated on a pipeline patrol flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained substantial damage, and the pilot did not sustained injuries. The flight originated from grandbury, Texas (gdj) on October 12, 2015 at 1348 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON OCTOBER 12, 2015, AT 1655 LOCAL A CESSNA 182R AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N9736H , REGISTERED TO BRENTCO AERIAL PATROL INC., HIT A FENCE WITH THE RIGHT WING WHILE TAXIING AT ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT, ABILENE, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PIPELINE PATROL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT DID NOT SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GRANDBURY, TEXAS (GDJ) ON OCTOBER 12, 2015 AT 1348 CDT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.