ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269687
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| Date: | Friday 19 November 2021 |
| Time: | 11:40 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182Q Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Gulf Coast Helicopters Inc |
| Registration: | N91AZ |
| MSN: | 18265784 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5130 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Carlsbad, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | Odessa Schlemeyer Field, TX (KODO) |
| Seminole-Gaines County Airport, TX (KGNC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On November 19, 2021, about 1130 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182Q Skylane, N91AZ, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Carlsbad, New Mexico. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 aerial observation flight.
The pilot was conducting an oil and pipeline aerial observation flight. The airplane maneuvered and skirted around a Frequency Modulation (FM) tower to the south and continued a left turn to the northwest, clearing the tower, as the pilot resumed his pipeline observation. The tower’s height, as depicted on a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sectional chart, was 715 ft above the ground (agl) and was lit for nighttime operations. Shortly after, the airplane maneuvered to the southwest towards the same tower and the airplane struck a guy wire about 500 ft agl. The airplane impacted terrain and a postcrash fire ensued. A postaccident examination of the airplane wreckage did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
The pilot was likely headed towards the local airport and did not see the tower guy lines.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://eu.currentargus.com/story/news/2021/11/19/plane-crash-today-carlsbad-nm-one-dead/8685644002/
https://www.koat.com/article/one-dead-carlsbad-plane-crash/38305451#
https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/nmsp-1-dead-in-plane-crash-near-carlsbad/
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104278
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=91AZ
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N91AZ/history/20211119/1540Z/KODO/L%2032.57195%20-104.09327
https://gch-inc.com/
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ac946a&lat=32.439&lon=-104.227&zoom=12.1&showTrace=2021-11-19&leg=1
https://media.sandhills.com/n91az-1978-cessna-182q-skylane/img.axd?id=4047754417&wid=6072144879&rwl=False&p=&ext=&w=614&h=460&t=&lp=&c=True&wt=False&sz=Max&rt=0&checksum=HjtGvXvxcNHRXwXiVF%2bfvQy85pqlPr81NiRzWNfOhfc%3d (photo)
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Photo :NTSB
Media:
NTSB investigating the Nov. 19, 2021, crash of a Cessna 182Q in Carlsbad, New Mexico.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) November 20, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Nov-2021 21:36 | Geno | Added |
| 20-Nov-2021 00:25 | Geno | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 20-Nov-2021 01:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2021 08:13 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 20-Nov-2021 08:24 | harro | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Nature, Departure airport, Source] |
| 20-Nov-2021 08:25 | harro | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 20-Nov-2021 10:31 | RobertMB | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2021 10:56 | Captain Adam | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2021 14:13 | RobertMB | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2021 16:04 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2021 17:15 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category] |
| 20-Nov-2021 19:08 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2021 07:03 | johnwg | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2024 13:02 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, Photo] |
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