- Date
- June 15, 2001, 04:10 local (09:10 UTC)
- Place
- Baytown, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6353BCessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010615020509A
- Case key
- 52497
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Probable cause
The unqualified person's failure to maintain clearance with the power lines while maneuvering. A factor was the dark night light conditions.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was stolen by two juveniles, neither of whom was a rated pilot. During the dark night flight, the airplane impacted power lines and terrain.
Factual narrative
On June 15, 2001, at 0410 central daylight time, a Cessna 182A single-engine airplane, N6353B, was substantially damaged when it impacted power lines and terrain while maneuvering near Baytown, Texas. The two occupants, who were not pilots, were not injured. It was reported by local authorities that the two occupants, who were juveniles, had stolen the aircraft. Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The local flight departed a private grass airstrip at 0330.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6353B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34253
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Micheal Tracey & Jason Satchell
- Registered owner
- Terry K. Magill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- NONE · Baytown, TX
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Injuries
- None
- Role
- Other flight crew
- Injuries
- None
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 23 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 21 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.