ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 155853
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| Date: | Thursday 9 May 2013 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182T Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Spinks Flight Center |
| Registration: | N6197H |
| MSN: | 18282083 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2012 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1701 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Two miles NE of Gillespie County Airport - T82, Fredericksburg, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Worth, TX (FWS) |
| Fredericksburg, TX (T82) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot obtained an abbreviated weather briefing and departed on a cross-country flight. While en route, an air traffic controller queried the pilot if he had the current weather information for his destination airport. The pilot acknowledged that he did. The pilot then requested vectors for a VOR DME-A instrument approach, but the controller was unable to give vectors and cleared the pilot direct to the initial approach fix (the VOR). The controller then informed the pilot that he was “constantly” 300-400 feet below his assigned altitude and reissued the local altimeter setting before clearing him for the approach. About a minute later, the pilot canceled his instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan when he was about 3-4 miles north of the VOR. The controller acknowledged the cancellation and approved a frequency change. There were no further communications or transmissions between the pilot and air traffic control.
A review of radar data revealed that the airplane traveled on a southerly heading toward the VOR. An airport employee heard the pilot announce over the UNICOM frequency that he was crossing over the VOR and transitioning from IFR to visual flight rules flight; however, the weather at the airport was reported to be 1.5 miles visibility. A witness saw the airplane flying very slowly toward the airport about 200 feet above the ground when the engine suddenly stopped. The witness lost sight of the airplane but did see a plume of black smoke a few moments later. The airplane impacted terrain about 1 mile east-southeast of the airport in a nose-low attitude, consistent with a stall/spin. Postaccident examination of the airplane and engine found no preaccident mechanical anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Although a witness reported that the engine stopped, there was no evidence during postaccident examinations corroborating this. It is likely that the pilot, during his transition from instrument to visual flight while still in instrument conditions, did not ensure that the airplane maintained adequate airspeed.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airspeed while transitioning from instrument to visual flight while still in instrument conditions, which resulted in an inadvertent stall.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N6197H
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-May-2013 22:45 | Geno | Added |
| 09-May-2013 23:48 | chullian1819 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 18-May-2013 00:01 | Geno | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:39 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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