# Accident 20220201008879A: Cessna 182T, Heath, OH, February 1, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 1, 2022, 13:45 local time
- Place: Heath, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0384° N, 82.3995° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0384&lon=-82.3995&mi=10
- Aircraft: N716MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N716MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 349 total, 114 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220201008879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED NEWARK HEATH AIRPORT (KVTA) ON RUNWAY 09. WITNESS NOTED AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED A HARD TOUCH AND GO LANDING AND DEPARTED EASTBOUND WITH FLAPS FULLY EXTENDED.

ANOTHER WITNESS NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLYING WEST TO EAST AT A LOW ALTITUDE. HE STATED THE AIRPLANE WAS LEVEL WITH THE FLAGPOLE AT THE CEMETERY WHICH IS JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 13 AND LINNVILLE RD SE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE FLAGPOLE IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 1040 FT MSL TO THE TOP OF THE POLE.

THE ACCIDENT SITE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2.5 NM AND HEADING 074° FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 09 AT NEWARK-HEATH AIRPORT (VTA).

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A DENSELY WOODED AREA IN A WINGS LEVEL, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. IMPACT MARKS TO THE TREES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE WERE OBSERVED.

ON THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT, WITNESSES DESCRIBED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FULL FLAP APPROACH ON A STRONG CROSSWIND FOR RUNWAY 09 AT KVTA. WITNESSES NOTED THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED AS IF THE APPROACH WAS HIGH AND STEEP AND STATED THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, BOUNCED, AND DEPARTED TO THE EAST WITH FULL POWER (ACCORDING TO SOUND OF ENGINE), FULL FLAPS SHOWING DOWN, AND AIRCRAFT IN LEVEL FLIGHT WITH INDICATION OF MINIMAL CLIMB PRIOR TO DISAPPEARING FROM VIEW OVER THE TREE LINE EAST OF KVTA.

INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENT SITE SHOWED DAMAGE TO TREES BEGINNING APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES SE OF KVTA AND AIRCRAFT BROKE APART DURING DESCENT INTO WOODED AREA BEFORE IMPACTING GROUND. IMPACT DAMAGE ON TREES INDICATED PROPELLER WAS TURNING AND WITNESS STATEMENTS CONFIRMED ENGINE WAS MAKING POWER AT TIME OF IMPACT.

## 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 CEN22FA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA113), Feb 1, 2022: Cessna 182T (N716MC), Heath, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain altitude after takeoff, which resulted in collision with trees and terrain.

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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