# Accident 19900112000489A: Cessna 182P, Toms Place, CA, January 12, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 1990, 20:37 local time
- Place: Toms Place, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5007° N, 118.3101° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5007&lon=-118.3101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5831J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5831J-2013-04-23) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,683 total, 531 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN90FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900112000489A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES ON MOUNTAINSIDE WHILE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE A PASS. SNOW, CLOUDS, AND FOG IN AREA. POOR JUDGEMENT

## 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 DEN90FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90FA041), Jan 13, 1990: Cessna 182P (N5831J), Tom'S Place, CA, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: CONTINUED FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE ABOVE THE GROUND. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARK NIGHT,…

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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