# Accident 19891108044749A: Cessna R182, San Diego, CA, November 8, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1989, 19:05 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5502° N, 117.0408° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5502&lon=-117.0408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2257T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2257T-2014-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,932 total, 532 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891108044749A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND IMPACTED GROUND AT HIGH SPEED WHILE PROCEEDING BY SPECIAL VFR TO AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX90FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA027), Nov 9, 1989: Cessna R182 (N2257T), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL AFTER BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTED. FACTORS IN THE ACIDENT WERE:…

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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