# Accident 19810806049099A: Cessna 182P, Berryville, VA, August 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1981, 16:00 local time
- Place: Berryville, VA
- Airport: Manassas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1477° N, 77.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berryville, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1477&lon=-77.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58448, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58448-1984-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,246 total, 649 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810806049099A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED DURING MARGINAL WEATHER AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO MOUNTAIN 30 MILES FROM DEPARTURE AIRPORT.

## 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 ATL82FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA107), Aug 6, 1981: Cessna 182 (N58448), Berryville, VA, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N58448 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19781122025739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781122025739I), Nov 22, 1978: Cessna 182 (N58448), Niagara Falls, NY. Lost electrical and returned to deparature point uneventfully. Bad rotor in alternator.

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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