# Fatal NTSB investigations: Cessna T182T NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB CEN25FA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25FA308.md): Cessna T182T · Augusta, AR · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Preliminary report · Aug 7, 2025 · N35370 · Substantial damage > On August 7, 2025, at 1037 central daylight time, a Cessna T182T airplane, N35370, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Augusta, Arkansas. The pilot was fatally injured and the passenger received minor injuries. The airplane was… - [NTSB WPR23FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA188.md): Cessna T182T · Albany, WY · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · May 14, 2023 · N665B · Destroyed > The pilot’s decision to conduct flight into an area of icing in an airplane that was prohibited from such conditions, which resulted in exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, an aerodynamic stall/spin, and the pilot’s spatial disorientation… - [NTSB WPR23FA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23FA143.md): Cessna T182T · Queets, WA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Field · Final report · Mar 7, 2023 · N24289 · Destroyed > The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from terrain for undetermined reasons. - [NTSB CEN21LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA018.md): Cessna T182 · Houma, LA · Accident · 2 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Oct 16, 2020 · N707DA · Substantial damage > Impact with terrain for reasons that could not be determined with the available information. - [NTSB WPR20LA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20LA319.md): Cessna T182 · Santa Barbara, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Class 3 · Limited · Final report · Sep 27, 2020 · N157RC · Destroyed > The pilot’s loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation after entering instrument meteorological conditions. - [NTSB CEN18FA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA216.md): Cessna T182T · Monroe, WI · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 10, 2018 · N1880B · Destroyed > Spatial disorientation resulting in a loss of control during the missed approach conducted in instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to execute an instrument approach in weather conditions that were below… - [NTSB WPR15FA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA241.md): Cessna T182T · Oroville, WA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Aug 13, 2015 · N6289Z · Destroyed > The pilot’s failure to maintain terrain clearance while maneuvering. Contributing to the accident was the pilots’ selection, for undetermined reasons, of a route different than the most commonly used route. - [NTSB CEN15WA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15WA254.md): Cessna T182 - T · Carlow, Ireland · Accident · 2 fatal · Foreign investigation · May 24, 2015 · N247P · Destroyed - [NTSB WPR12FA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12FA154.md): Cessna T182 · Ludlow, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 6, 2012 · N5201F · Substantial damage > The in-flight loss of control due to the pilot’s impairment as a result of hypoxia. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s operation of the airplane above 12,500 feet without the aid of supplemental oxygen. - [NTSB ERA12FA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA175.md): Cessna T182T · Lebanon, NH · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 2012 · N6062E · Substantial damage > The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed during a return to the airport after takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of airplane control. - [NTSB SEA08FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08FA023.md): Cessna T182T · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 9, 2007 · N881CP · Destroyed > The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance/altitude during climb to cruise. Contributing to the accident were rising mountainous terrain, the dark nighttime lighting condition, the pilot's loss of situational awareness, and the Federal… - [NTSB LAX06FA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06FA186.md): Cessna T182T · Burney, CA · Accident · 3 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 27, 2006 · N451JE · Destroyed > the pilot's decision to continue VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his failure to maintain clearance from mountainous terrain. - [NTSB ATL05LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05LA105.md): Cessna T182T · Naples, FL · Accident · 1 fatal · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 20, 2005 · N53538 · Substantial damage > The pilot continued flight into known thunderstorm activity that resulted in the loss of control and the subsequent collision with water. A factor was the controller's failure to provide the pilot with convective intensity. ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal' AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072738', '2072739')) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?fatal=1&model=2072738 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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