# Accident 20220308003719A: Cessna 182Q, Panama City, FL, March 8, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2022, 18:47 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Northwest Florida Beaches International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3956° N, 85.8102° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3956&lon=-85.8102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182XT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N182XT) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 691 total, 569 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220308003719A

## Narrative

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

ON 03/08/2022, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED JACK BARSTOW AIRPORT KIKW FROM MIDLAND, MI. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STOPPED ON 3/8/2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 PM CST AT WARREN COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT, KRNC FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES BEFORE DEPARTING FOR KECP, NORTHWEST FLORIDA BEACHES AIRPORT.

NEARING KECP THE PILOT ESTABLISHED COMMUNICATION WITH THE TOWER AND WAS GIVEN WEATHER AND APPROACH CLEARANCE TO ILS RWY 16. THE TOWER MAINTAINED CONTINUED COMMUNICATION PROVIDING COURSE CORRECTIONS AND PILOT REPLIED UNTIL AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATIONS AND ADSB SIGNAL WERE LOST AT 03/09/2022 00:46:37.881. THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST 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 ERA22FA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA149), Mar 9, 2022: Cessna 182Q (N182XT), Panama City, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s deviation from the final approach course during a night instrument approach with low instrument meterological conditions, which resulted in an impact with heavily wooded 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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