# Accident 19820529019609A: Cessna TR182, San Antonio, TX, May 29, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1982, 00:20 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737RK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737RK-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYC O540L3C5
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 231 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FRG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820529019609A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT LOST CONTROL ON VECTORS FOR AN ILS APPROACH. DARK NIGHT AND LOW CEILING IN AREA. DISINTEGRATED ON IMPACT.

## 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 FTW82FRG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG33), May 29, 1982: Cessna R182 (N737RK), Bergheim, TX, destroyed, 4 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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