# Accident 19891027043429A: Cessna TR182, Crane, TX, October 27, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1989, 14:38 local time
- Place: Crane, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3909° N, 102.3501° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3909&lon=-102.3501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756WH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756WH-1991-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYC O540L3C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,036 total, 31 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW90FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891027043429A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN AREA OF IMC THUNDERSTORMS.

## 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 FTW90FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA018), Oct 27, 1989: Cessna TR182 (N756WH), Crane, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL, DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE ADVERSE…

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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