# Accident 20180328010289A: Cessna R182, Ashville, AL, March 28, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2018, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ashville, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8956° N, 86.1614° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8956&lon=-86.1614&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3167C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3167C-2020-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180328010289A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM (GAD) ON A PART 91 FLIGHT TO (MSY) AROUND 1215 CST. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED .  A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT CONTACTED BIRMINGHAM APPROACH SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE AND REPORTED HE WAS "7 MILES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AND CLIMBING THROUGH 700 FOR 2,500," AND REQUESTING FLIGHT FOLLOWING. THE APPRAOCH CONTROLLER GAVE THE PILOT A TRANSPONDER CODE AND THE PILOT ADVISED THE CODE WAS "IN THE BOX." THERE WERE NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PILOT.

THE PILOT WAS REPORTED MISSING BY FAMILY MEMBERS WHEN HE DID NOT ARRIVE AT MSY. ON MARCH 30, ABOUT 1815 CDT, A CIVIL AIR PATROL (CAP) AIRPLANE SPOTTED THE WRECKAGE AND GUIDED GROUND CREWS TO THE LOCATION ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF (GAD). THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED .  THE INITIAL TREE IMPACT OCCURRED ON FLAT HEAVILY WOODED TERRAIN. THE TREES THAT WERE IMPACTED WERE APPROXIMATELY 50 FT TALL. THE WRECKAGE PATH WAS ABOUT 200 FT LONG, THE MAIN WRECKAGE CAME TO REST ON A HEADING OF 210°. APPROXIMATELY 15 FT BEYOND THE INITIAL TREE IMPACT WAS AN ADDITIONAL TREE STRIKE, WITH A PORTION OF A WING STRUT IN THE TOP BRANCHES. A PORTION OF THE RIGHT ELEVATOR WAS LOCATED IN AN ADJACENT TREE ABOUT 40 FT HIGH. ALL FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES WERE LOCATED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS ABOUT 140 FT FROM THE INITIAL TREE STRIKE AND CONSISTED OF THE COCKPIT, PORTIONS OF THE FUSELAGE, WINGS, AND EMPENNAGE.  THE ENGINE WAS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME AND LOCATED THE FURTHEST FROM THE INITIAL TREE STRIKE. IN ADDITION, SEVERAL PIECES OF THE IMPACTED TREE EXHIBITED APPROXIMATELY 45° ANGLE CUTS.  THE WEATHER CONDITIONS REPORTED AT GAD INCLUDED WIND FROM 210° AT 11 KNOTS GUSTING TO 17 KNOTS; VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES; FEW CLOUDS AT 4,000 FT; TEMPERATURE 24° C, DEW POINT 16° C; AND AN ALTIMETER SETTING OF 30.09 INCHES OF MERCURY. THE WRECKAGE WAS RETAINED FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION.

## 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 ERA18FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18FA118), Mar 28, 2018: Cessna R182 (N3167C), Ashville, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Descent and impact with terrain for reasons that could not be determined.

## Other reports on N3167C (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20101125053309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101125053309I), Nov 25, 2010: Cessna R182 (N3167C), Fallbrook, CA, Minor damage. Pilot landed downwind on runway 18 at Fallbrook airport L18. Airport information was issuing runway 18 as the wind favored runway. PIC stated that other…
- [Accident 19790209002589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790209002589A), Feb 9, 1979: Cessna 182 (N3167C), Grensburg, KS, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran off end of ice-covered runway into a ditch and turned over.

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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