# Accident 19840406008779A: Cessna 182Q, Abingdon, VA, April 6, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1984, 08:50 local time
- Place: Abingdon, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7708° N, 82.0298° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7708&lon=-82.0298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96578, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96578-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL84FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840406008779A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES ON THE SIDE OF A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN. VFR PILOT HAD DEPARTED IN IFR CONDITIONS.

## 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 ATL84FA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA141), Apr 6, 1984: Cessna 182Q (N96578), Nw.Of Abingdon, VA, 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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