# Accident 19900515015759A: Cessna 182D, Numidia, PA, May 15, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1990, 06:00 local time
- Place: Numidia, PA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8786° N, 76.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Numidia, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8786&lon=-76.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8757X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8757X-1990-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,056 total, 956 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900515015759A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO TREES ON A RIDGE LINE OBSCURED BY FOG. PUBLIC AIRCRAFT ON A POSITIONING FLIGHT FOR STATE FORESTRY SERVICE

## 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 NYC90FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA107), May 15, 1990: Cessna 182D (N8757X), Numidia, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TREES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN VISUAL REFERENCE WITH THE GROUND IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S DECISION TO…

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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