# Accident 20260613008729A: Textron Aviation Inc 182T, Fredericksburg, VA, June 13, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2026, 12:15 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2683° N, 77.4470° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2683&lon=-77.4470&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505CP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505CP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 182T (registry code 2072723, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 (registry code 41808, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-ab1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 182T
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-AB1A5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,713 total, 1,461 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260613008729A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE TAXIING FROM PARKING RAMP TO RUN UP AREA FOR EVENTUAL TAKE-OFF, HE [THE RATED PILOT] BECAME DISTRACTED BY NON-RATED RIGHT SEAT AERIAL OBSERVER ANNOUNCING INCOMING HELICOPTER TRAFFIC.   THE THIRD TIME THAT THE OBSERVER ANNOUNCED THE TRAFFIC, THE RATED PILOT LOOKED UP TOWARDS THE PATTERN AND AWAY FROM THE TAXIWAY.  THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE TAXIWAY ONTO THE CENTER SOD, AND INTO THE DRAINAGE CULVERT.  COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT STATED THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE TAXXING THROUGH THE GRASS BACK TO THE TAXIWAY BUT DID NOT SEE THE CONCREAT DRAINAGE PIPE AT THE END OF THE DRAINAGE RUN.  PROPELLER STRUCK CONCREAT CULVERT, SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO ALL THREE BLADES.  THE FRONT LANDING GEAR STRUCK CULVERT, BRINGING AIRCRAFT TO SUDDEN STOP AND DAMAGING INTERNAL STRINGERS AND FIREWALL.  AIRCRAFT SHUT DOWN WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA26LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA278), Jun 13, 2026: Textron 182T (N505CP), Fredericksburg, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s distraction during taxi, which resulted in a taxiway excursion.

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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