# Accident 19810218007529A: Cessna 414A, Rio Vista, CA, February 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1981, 08:25 local time
- Place: Rio Vista, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1767° N, 121.7034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rio Vista, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1767&lon=-121.7034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2729D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2729D-1982-02-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414A (registry code 2075907, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 405 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810218007529A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO GROUND ON VOR APPROACH ONE MILE FROM AIRPORT. NO PRIOR WEATHER CHECK. VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO IN FOG.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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