# Accident 19900107000089A: Cessna 182P, Napa, CA, January 7, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1990, 15:17 local time
- Place: Napa, CA
- Airport: Napa County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5509° N, 122.1508° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5509&lon=-122.1508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1283S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1283S-2012-06-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,091 total, 683 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900107000089A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CLIMB ON MISSED APPROACH. STRUCK UPSLOPE OF CLOUD OBSCURED HILL. MAY HAVE MISJUDGED TIME FROM VOR.

## 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 LAX90FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA068), Jan 7, 1990: Cessna 182P (N1283S), Napa, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PROPERLY EXECUTE THE PUBLISHED APPROACH AND MISSED APPROACH WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION WITH MOUNTAINIOUS TERRAIN.

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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