# Accident 19810702038419A: Cessna 182M, Haleyville, AL, July 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1981, 22:06 local time
- Place: Haleyville, AL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2338° N, 87.6176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haleyville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2338&lon=-87.6176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N71859, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71859-2013-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182M (registry code 2072728, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 148 total, 69 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810702038419A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT UNABLE TO LOCATE AIRPORT FLEW INTO GROUND IN NIGHT MARGINAL WEATHER. NO GROUND LIGHTS IN AREA.

## 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 ATL81FA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA090), Jul 2, 1981: Cessna 182M (N71859), Haleyville, AL, 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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