# Accident 20190313001279A: Cessna 182D, Brevard, NC, March 13, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2019, 18:02 local time
- Place: Brevard, NC
- Airport: Transylvania County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2697° N, 82.6436° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2697&lon=-82.6436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8905X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8905X-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 289 total, 289 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190313001279A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTS THAT AFTER HE APPLIED TAKEOFF POWER AND BEGAN HIS TAKEOFF ROLL THAT THE PILOT SEAT SLID AFT.  THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO PILOT PULLING BACK ON THE YOKE AND BEING UNABLE TO REACH THE RUDDER/BRAKE PEDALS.

THIS LOSS OF CONTROL CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT TOWARDS A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS WHERE THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE TRACKS CAUSING THE PLANE TO FLIP OVER, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.

FAA INSPECTOR'S PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE SHOWED THAT THE PILOT SEAT'S LEFT HAND FORWARD SEAT ROLLER HOUSING WAS NOT ENGAGED WITH THE SEAT TRACK BUT WAS SITTING ON TOP OF IT.  WHETHER THE ROLLER HOUSING WAS IN THIS POSITION PRIOR TO TAKEOFF THEREBY CAUSING THE ACCIDENT OR WAS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT IS UNDETERMINED.

SUBSEQUENTLY MEASURED THE SEAT TRACK & SEAT ROLLER HOUSING AS PER AD2011-10-09.  FOUND ALL DIMENSIONS TO BE WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE DIMENSIONS IN THE AD.  THIS SHOULD HAVE PRECLUDED THE SEAT ROLLER HOUSING BECOMING SEPARATED FROM THE SEAT TRACK DURING TAKEOFF.

ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WAS LIGHT SCARRING ON TOP OF THE SEAT TRACK WHERE THE DISPLACED HOUSING WOULD HAVE SAT IF IT HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED CORRECTLY.   THIS LIGHT SCARRING WAS NOT PRESENT ON THE OTHER THREE PILOT SEAT TRACKS IN THE AIRCRAFT.

THESE OBSERVATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS WOULD SEEM CONSISTENT WITH A SEAT THAT WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY WITH THE LEFT FORWARD SEAT ROLLER HOUSING NOT ENGAGED WITH THE SEAT TRACK.

REFERENCE PTRS# EA68 201901962

## 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 ERA19LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA131), Mar 13, 2019: Cessna 182 (N8905X), Brevard, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The mechanic's failure to notice that the left front seat left front roller housing disengaged from the seat rail during recent maintenance, and the pilot's failure to detect the disengaged roller…

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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