- Date
- August 4, 2022, 13:09 local (17:09 UTC)
- Place
- Holly Ridge, NC · On Airport
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8865TCessna 182C
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220804014079A
- Case key
- 105667
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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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance of powerlines on final approach.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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.
Analysis
The pilot was on final approach when he collided with a set of unmarked powerlines that ran perpendicular to the runway. The airplane flipped over and impacted the ground resulting in substantial damage to the tail section. The pilot said he reviewed the airport facility directory prior to the flight and was aware that the runway had a displaced threshold and a set of powerlines located between the end of the runway and a section of pine trees, which were equal in height to the powerlines. He said that as he cleared the pine trees on final approach, he saw the powerlines and struck them “five feet too low.” The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8865T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52765
- Built
- 1960
- Airframe hours
- 2,526
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 25, 2022 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- None · Germantown, NC
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- N21 · Holly Ridge/Topsail, runway 14, 3,591 × 88 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 75
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 13, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 1,208 total · 815 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- KNCA, 14 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KNCA 041656Z 21009KT 10SM CLR 32/24 A3013
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 4, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.