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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 182Q · Elizabethon, TN · May 28, 1981

Date
May 28, 1981 · 17:35 local
Place
Elizabethon, TN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N444SP
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81FA079
Reported as
Cessna 182Q
Reported engine
Continental O470U
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
10,018 total474 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Pilot continued VFR flight into rising terrain in marginal weather conditions. Crashed into mountain.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO RISING TERRAIN IN MARGINAL WEATHER CONDITIONS. CRASHED INTO MOUNTAIN.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N444SP · 2

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