# Accident 20210731012269A: Cessna 182N, Ennis, TX, July 31, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2021, 12:20 local time
- Place: Ennis, TX
- Airport: Ennis Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3297° N, 96.6639° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ENNIS MUNI (F41), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3297&lon=-96.6639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N287TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N287TC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,185 total, 818 in this make and model, 218 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210731012269A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) REPORTS THAT JUST AFTER PARACHUTE JUMPERS HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 8,500 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL) THE RETARDED POWER TO BEGIN THE DESCENT BACK TO THE AIRPORT.  AFTER INITIATING THE DESCENT THE PIC REPORTS THAT ENGINE POWER WAS LOST AND COULD NOT BE RESTORED.  THE PIC CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AREA DURING THE DESCENT AND SET UP FOR A FINAL APPROACH ABOUT 1 NAUTICAL MILE (NM) NORTH OF RUNWAY 16.  WITH INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO REACH THE RUNWAY SURFACE, INITIAL IMPACT OCCURRED AT THE AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCING, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 520 FEET NORTH OF RWY 16.  THE AIRCRAFT NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRFRAME BY THE WIRE FENCE AND WAS FOUND LAYING JUST INSIDE THE FENCE LINE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 150' FROM INITIAL IMPACT ON A HEADING OF 150 DEGREES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N287TC (1)

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

- [Incident 20120527026939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120527026939I), May 27, 2012: Cessna 182N (N287TC), Fowlerville, MI, Minor damage. While climbing to altitude for a skydiving flight the aircraft encountered tubulence that caused a rapid loss of altitude and excessive bank angle. The flight…

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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