# Accident 20211119020859A: Cessna 182Q, Carlsbad, NM, November 19, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2021, 11:46 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, NM
- Airport: Mcclellan-Palomar
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5726° N, 104.0925° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5726&lon=-104.0925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91AZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N91AZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 950 in this make and model, 306 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR22FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211119020859A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 22, 2021, AT 1146 MST, A CESSNA 182 AIRCRAFT BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N91AZ, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IMPACTED TERRAIN AFTER STRIKING A 712 FT  RADIO TRANSMISSION TOWER (32.572583N / 104.092515E)  LOCATED 10 MILES NE OF CARLSBAD AIRPORT (KCRQ), CARLSBAD NM.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A SCHEDULED PIPELINE PATROL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND IT IS UNKNOWN IF A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM ODESSA AIRPORT-SCHLEMEYER FIELD (KODO) ODESSA TX AT 0930 CST ON NOVEMBER 19, 2021.

## 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 WPR22FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR22FA043), Nov 19, 2021: Cessna 182Q (N91AZ), Carlsbad, NM, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain separation from an FM tower guy wire while on an aerial survey 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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