# Accident 20220905015219A: Cessna 182P, Cleveland, TN, September 5, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2022, 17:24 local time
- Place: Cleveland, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1261° N, 84.7268° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1261&lon=-84.7268&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58807, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58807-2023-10-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 409 total, 12 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22FA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA406) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220905015219A

## Narrative

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

PILOT  WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. ATC NOTIFIED PILOT HE WAS HEADING INTO A STORM. PILOT RESPONDED THAT THEY WERE IN A WHIRL WIND. ATC TRIED CONTACTING PILOT WITH NO RESPONSE. RADAR SHOWS AIRCRAFT CIRCLING THE AREA AND LOSING ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TREES. DEBRIS FIELD WAS APPROXIMATELY 530 FEET FROM INITIAL IMPACT TO THE LAST PIECE RECOVERED.

## 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 CEN22FA406](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22FA406), Sep 5, 2022: Cessna 182 (N58807), Cleveland, TN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control while operating in instrument meteorological conditions.

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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