# Accident 19910724029769A: Cessna 182, Takotna, AK, July 24, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1991, 10:45 local time
- Place: Takotna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.9887° N, 156.0316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Takotna, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9887&lon=-156.0316&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5663B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5663B-1992-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC91FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910724029769A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO CLOUD OBSCURED HILL. LOW CEILING FOG IN AREA. NO MEDICAL OR BIENNIAL.

## 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 ANC91FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC91FA107), Jul 24, 1991: Cessna 182 (N5663B), Takotna, AK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S LOSS OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPERATE UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES WHILE IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT…

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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