# Accident 19791221040719A: Cessna 182E, Comfort, TX, December 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1979, 20:00 local time
- Place: Comfort, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9723° N, 98.9047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Comfort, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9723&lon=-98.9047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2853Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2853Y-1980-09-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA026) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791221040719A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT ADVISED NO GO. PROCEEDED INTO LOW VISIBILITY & CEILING AT NIGHT. STRUCK HILL ALONG HIGHWAY HE FOLLOWED.

## 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 FTW80FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA026), Dec 21, 1979: Cessna 182E (N2853Y), Comfort, TX, destroyed, 2 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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