# NTSB CEN27LA020: Cessna 182Q, N68EP, Gun Barrel City, TX, October 18, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: October 18, 2026, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Gun Barrel City, TX
- Coordinates: 32.354402, -96.145702
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3544&lon=-96.1457&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 204025
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN27LA020
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/204025/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN27LA020

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 182Q, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072732), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68EP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68EP), registered now, S/N 182-66889, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 182-66889
- Year 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

## 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

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.

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