# Accident 19790227005909A: Cessna 182P, Weston, TX, February 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 1979, 21:12 local time
- Place: Weston, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3300° N, 96.6659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Weston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3300&lon=-96.6659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9897E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9897E-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 31 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790227005909A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTINUED NIGHT VFR FLIGHT INTO AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 FTW79FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA056), Feb 27, 1979: Cessna 182P (N9897E), Weston, TX, 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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