# Accident 19910628024909A: Cessna 182Q, Fillmore, CA, June 28, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1991, 11:25 local time
- Place: Fillmore, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3996° N, 118.8301° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3996&lon=-118.8301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759FY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N759FY-1993-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 90 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX91FA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910628024909A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SIDE OF CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN. VFR FLIGHT NOT RECOMMENDED ON PILOT BRIEFING.

## 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 LAX91FA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA281), Jun 28, 1991: Cessna 182Q (N759FY), Fillmore, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT BY THE PILOT TO CONTINUE VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS IFR CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDED LOW CEILINGS AND LOW VISIBILITY AND…

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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