# Accident 20160707011819A: Cessna 182C, Searcy, AR, July 7, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2016, 16:30 local time
- Place: Searcy, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3122° N, 91.8789° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3122&lon=-91.8789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9046T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9046T-2018-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA367) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160707011819A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 7, 2016, AT 1630 CST, A CESSNA 182C, N9046T, REGISTERED TO SWEET SPRINGS STEEL, INC., COLLIDED WITH AN EMBANKMENT UPON LANDING AT THE SWEET SPRINGS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN SEARCY, ARKANSAS, WHILE ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THIS FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GARDNER, KANSAS, ON JULY 7, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 CST.

## 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 GAA16CA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA367), Jul 7, 2016: Cessna 182 (N9046T), Searcy, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot landed long and failed to stop before the end of the runway, which resulted in a runway overrun and impact with trees. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain a…

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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