19820316004179A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 340A · Burbank, CA · March 16, 1982

Date
March 16, 1982 · 23:37 local
Place
Burbank, CA
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N98546
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX82FA109
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520N
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
759 total34 in this make and model7 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Lost control on climb out in area of thunderstorms. Broadcast mayday. Struck mountainside. High blood alcohol.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL ON CLIMB OUT IN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. BROADCAST MAYDAY. STRUCK MOUNTAINSIDE. HIGH BLOOD ALCOHOL.

NTSB investigation

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