# Accident 20230507008449A: Cessna 182Q, Reliance, TN, May 7, 2023 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 7, 2023, 19:53 local time - Place: Reliance, TN - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.2258° N, 84.4220° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2258&lon=-84.4220&mi=10 - Aircraft: N725AS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N725AS) (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: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 350 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA219) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230507008449A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACCORDING TO ATC DATA, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM KSBN TO KJCA AT 9000 FEET WHEN AT 2248Z THE AIRCRAFT ENTER A SLOW DESCENT AND TURN. RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED THE NEXT MORNING ON A STEEP WOODED AREA NEAR TOWEE ROAD IN RELIANCE TENNESSEE. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED AN INFLIGHT BREAKUP WHICH RESULTED IN FIVE PIECES OF THE AIRCRAFT BEING DISTRIBUTED OVER A WIDE AREA MEASURING AT LEAST 4000 FEET. THE FUSELAGE (WITHOUT WINGS OR TAIL SECTION) WAS DISCOVERED WITH THE PILOT IN COMMAND’S (PIC) {ONLY OCCUPANT} REMAINS WITHIN THE WRECKAGE. THE TAIL SECTION WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AWAY. THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND LEFT WING WAS MISSING AND HAD NOT BEEN FOUND DURING THE SITE INVESTIGATION. THE RIGHT WING WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET AWAY FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE CE-182 HAD A BALLISTIC RECOVERY SYSTEM (BRS) INSTALLED AND HAD BEEN ACTIVATED. THE PARACHUTE ATTACHMENT LINES SHOWED EVIDENCE OF TENSION FAILURE AND THE ASSOCIATED PARACHUTE WAS MISSING. TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE ABLE TO GIVE USEFUL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ACCIDENT. BOTH DESCRIBED THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT TO BE VERY VIOLENT. THEY DESCRIBED IT AS A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM AND VERY WINDY. THE INDIVIDUAL WHOSE HOME WAS NEAREST THE FUSELAGE IMPACT SITE STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD “WHUMP” SOUND WHICH WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE WIND AND RAIN SOUNDS THAT WAS NORMAL WITH THE THUNDERSTORM. THE TIMING OF THE SOUND ALIGNED WITH THE ATC LOSS OF RADAR CONTACT. THE SECOND INDIVIDUAL STATED THAT SHE SAW A “V” SHAPED OBJECT FALL FROM THE CLOUDY SKY AND “WHINING” ENGINE NOISES DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME. NTSB HAS NOT DETERMINED THE CAUSE AND THIS REPORT MAY BE AMENDED AT A LATER DATE. ## 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 ERA23FA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA219), May 7, 2023: Cessna 182 (N725AS), Reliance, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s decision to continue an instrument flight into an area of forecast weather with severe to extreme turbulence associated with a line of thunderstorms, which resulted in an in-flight… ## Other reports on N725AS (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20131027020219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131027020219A), Oct 27, 2013: Cessna 182Q (N725AS), Wachula, FL, Substantial damage. After a simulated engine out approach and landing, during the roundout and flare, aircraft balloon about ten feet off the runway, stalled and impacted the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.