# NTSB FTW85LA269: Cessna 182, N200KH, Pearsall, TX, June 28, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1985, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Pearsall, TX
- Coordinates: 28.880821, -99.089698 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8808&lon=-99.0897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21784
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA269
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21784/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA269

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, descent - normal
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight into known adverse weather - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - precautionary landing - attempted, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation

## Analysis

A COMMERCIALLY RATED CFI DEPARTED ON A PART 135 AIR TAXI FLT, BUT ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CIRCLING HIS DESTINATION HE REPORTED THAT RAIN CLOUDS CLOSED IN. ANTICIPATING THAT HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO FILE IFR IN THE AIR, HE ELECTED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FLD. THE ACFT NOSED OVER IN WET CROPS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N200KH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200KH-1991-03-26), registration cancelled 1991-03-26, S/N 18259401 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1825940
- Airframe hours: 1574
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-R 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Star Charter
- Registered owner: Loyd Helms
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 25, 1985, 55 hours before
- Departed: SEP, STEPHENVILLE, TX
- Destination: T30, PEARSALL, TX
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 571 total, 23 in this make and model, 450 as pilot in command, 211 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft broken
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850628028749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850628028749A), Jun 28, 1985: Cessna 182M, Pearsall, TX, Substantial damage. Precautionary landing in wet field and aircraft nosed over. Weather closed in as pilot looked for airport.

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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