# Accident 19740716025039A: Cessna 182H, Burnsville, NC, July 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1974
- Place: Burnsville, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.9163° N, 82.2978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burnsville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9163&lon=-82.2978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2350X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2350X-1974-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,469 total, 1,242 in this make and model, 379 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75AI002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740716025039A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HIT TREES AT 6500FT MSL.THICK CLDS RAIN AND THUNDER RPTD IN AREA.PLT OBTND TERM WX,NO BRIEFING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD75AI002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI002), Jul 16, 1974: Cessna 182H (N2350X), Burnsville, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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