# Accident 19891002038649A: Cessna STC182, Nixon, NV, October 2, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1989, 05:30 local time
- Place: Nixon, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8904° N, 119.2797° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8904&lon=-119.2797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2155G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2155G-2017-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 308 total, 146 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA002) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891002038649A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES VFR PILOT FLEW INTO AREA OF CLOUDS AND TURBULENCE AT NIGHT,LOST CONTROL AND IMPACTED GROUND AT HIGH 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 DEN90FA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA002), Oct 2, 1989: Cessna 182A (N2155G), Nixon, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. INADEQUATE…

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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