ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 222950
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 March 2019 |
| Time: | 18:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182D Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8905X |
| MSN: | 18253305 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4265 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Transylvania Community Airport (3NR3), Brevard, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brevard, NC (3NR3) |
| Asheville Municipal Airport, NC (AVL/KAVL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot performed a preflight inspection after the airplane had undergone maintenance and no anomalies were noted. He boarded the airplane, adjusted the seat, and then verified that it was locked in position. Shortly after beginning the takeoff roll, his seat slid backward. He was unable to reach the rudder pedals, and the airplane departed the left side of the runway, nosed over, and came to rest inverted. Examination revealed that the pilot seat's left front roller housing was disengaged from the seat rail. The seat rail exhibited scoring on top of the rail, which likely occurred during the accident sequence. No scoring was noted on the sides of the rail. The roller housing was not splayed or damaged, indicating that it did not pull off the rail during the accident sequence. Although the seat rail holes were slightly worn, the pin did not exhibit any anomalies.
The mechanic stated that he did not remove the pilot's seat to perform the maintenance that he completed before the accident flight; however, given the lack of side damage to the rails and the fact that the left front seat roller housing was not splayed, it is likely that the roller housing came off the rails during the maintenance and went unnoticed by both the mechanic and the pilot, which resulted in the seat sliding backward during takeoff.
Probable Cause: The mechanic's failure to notice that the left front seat left front roller housing disengaged from the seat rail during recent maintenance, and the pilot's failure to detect the disengaged roller housing during the preflight inspection, which resulted in the seat sliding backward during takeoff and a subsequent loss of airplane directional control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N8905X
NTSB ERA19LA131
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2019 09:00 | gerard57 | Added |
| 14-Mar-2019 16:35 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2021 18:42 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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