# Accident 19891126066269A: Cessna 170A, Rogersville, TN, November 26, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1989, 18:15 local time
- Place: Rogersville, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3995° N, 83.0008° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3995&lon=-83.0008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9192A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9192A-1991-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170A (registry code 2072304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170A
- Reported engine: CONT O300A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 658 total, 215 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891126066269A

## Narrative

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

CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO IMC AT DARK NIGHT LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED IN TREES ON HILLSIDE. ADVISED VFR NOT RECOMMENDED.

## 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 MIA90FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA031), Nov 26, 1989: Cessna 170A (N9192A), Rogersville, TN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS BY A NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT RESULTING IN SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT…

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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