CEN27LA020

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 182Q · Gun Barrel City, TX · October 18, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
October 18, 2026, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
Place
Gun Barrel City, TX
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N68EPCessna 182Q
Defining event
Landing: Runway excursion
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Central Region
Parties
FAA
Case key
204025

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N68EP
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
Category
Airplane
Serial number
182-66889
Built
1979
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
KFTW · Forth Worth, TX
Destination
74XA · Gun Barrel City, TX
Airport
74XA · Gun Barrel City Airpark, runway 18/36, 3,075 × 45 ft, asphalt

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
50° at 6 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
68 °F, dew point 37 °F
Altimeter
30.32 inHg
Observed at
KF44, 20 nm away
METAR
METAR KF44 181855Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 20/03 A3032 RMK AO2