# Accident 19910127001249A: Cessna 337C, Bryson City, NC, January 27, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1991, 18:45 local time
- Place: Bryson City, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4190° N, 83.4396° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4190&lon=-83.4396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2589S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2589S-2014-09-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337C (registry code 2075712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337C
- Reported engine: CONT IO360C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 260 total, 77 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL91FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910127001249A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK TREES ON MOUNTAIN TOP EN ROUTE IN IMC. NO RECORD OF WEATHER BRIEF. PILOTS SON HAD ADVISED CANCEL DUE WEATHER

## 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 ATL91FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA043), Jan 27, 1991: Cessna 337C (N2589S), Bryson City, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE INADVERTENT FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN BY THE NONINSTRUMENT RATED PILOT.

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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