# Accident 20220101000149A: Cessna 182C, Port Aransas, TX, January 1, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2022, 17:20 local time
- Place: Port Aransas, TX
- Airport: Mustang Beach Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8083° N, 97.0823° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8083&lon=-97.0823&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8816T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8816T-2022-12-24) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 254 total, 17 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220101000149A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 1, 2022, AT APPROXIMATELY 17:00 LOCAL, AIRCRAFT N8816T, A CESSNA 182C, S/N: 52716 TOOK OFF FROM MUSTANG BEACH AIRPORT (KRAS) WITH 1 PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER TO PREFORM PARACHUTE OPERATIONS. PILOT REPORTED 14 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD AT TIME OF TAKEOFF. PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF AND PROCEEDED TO CLIMB TO 9000FT WHERE THE PASSENGER JUMPED OUT AND PARACHUTED DOWN TO THE BEACH. PILOT THEN STARTED HIS DECENT NORTH OF THE AIRPORT LOOPING AROUND TO AN EXTENDED LEFT BASE FOR RUNWAY 12. AFTER HE HAD DESCENDED THROUGH 4000FT, HE STATED THAT HE REDUCED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE TO EASE UNNEEDED STRESS FROM THE ENGINE. AS HE APPROACHED THE AIRPORT AND STARTED A TURN TO FINAL, HE STATED THAT HE REALIZED HIS APPROACH WAS A BIT LOW. HE TRIED TO ADD THROTTLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WITH NO RESPONSE. HE THEN STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM AND TRIED TO REGAIN ENGINE POWER WITH NO LUCK SO HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING JUST SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 CEN22LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA094), Jan 1, 2022: Cessna 182C (N8816T), Port Aransas, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the pilot’s failure to utilize carburetor heat.

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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