19790402006349A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Tylertown, MS · April 2, 1979

Date
April 2, 1979 · 18:00 local
Place
Tylertown, MS
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N21LW
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79DKQ05
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total216 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was on an IFR flight. Weather became severe so pilot cancelled IFR and landed in an open field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT. WEATHER BECAME SEVERE SO PILOT CANCELLED IFR AND LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.