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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna R182 · Highland, NC · May 22, 1990

Date
May 22, 1990 · 15:10 local
Place
Highland, NC
Phase of flight
Scud Running
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N55AG
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL90FA118
Reported as
Cessna R182
Reported engine
Lycoming O540J3C5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total1,975 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flew into side of cloud obscured mountain after canceling IFR. Was trying to land at field without IFR approaches.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO SIDE OF CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN AFTER CANCELING IFR. WAS TRYING TO LAND AT FIELD WITHOUT IFR APPROACHES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.