# Accident 19811030070969A: Cessna 182P, Essex, IA, October 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1981, 21:00 local time
- Place: Essex, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8328° N, 95.3053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Essex, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8328&lon=-95.3053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9906E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9906E-1984-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC82FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811030070969A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO GROUND INVERTED. WITNESSES OBSERVED AIRCRAFT FLYING LOW MINUTES BEFORE CRASH.

## 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 MKC82FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FA003), Oct 30, 1981: Cessna 182P (N9906E), Essex, IA, 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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