# Accident 19821118059069A: Cessna 551, Mountain View, MO, November 18, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 1982, 09:30 local time
- Place: Mountain View, MO
- Airport: Mountain View
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9928° N, 91.7145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNTAIN VIEW (MNF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9928&lon=-91.7145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 551
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,750 total, 1,750 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA83AA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821118059069A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF INTO IMC. AIRPLANE DISINTEGRATED ON IMPACT.HURRIED TAKEOFF. HSI NOT UP TO SPEED.

## 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 DCA83AA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA83AA005), Nov 18, 1982: Cessna 551 (N2CA), Mountain View, MO, destroyed, 3 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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