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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172P · Maiden, NC · November 27, 1982

Date
November 27, 1982 · 20:04 local
Place
Maiden, NC
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N53460
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL83FKM01
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2J
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
156 total32 in this make and model8 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.

Pilot was scud running underneath ceiling, weather deteriorated and aircraft crashed in wooded terrain.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS SCUD RUNNING UNDERNEATH CEILING, WEATHER DETERIORATED AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN WOODED TERRAIN.

NTSB investigation

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