# Accident 19920909035729A: Cessna 182R, Westerly, RI, September 9, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1992, 09:45 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3496° N, 71.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTERLY STATE (WST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3496&lon=-71.8034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5533N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5533N-2013-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO92FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920909035729A

## Narrative

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

ADIVSED NVFR. VFR PILOT DEPARTED ANYWAY. FLEW INTO WATER 5MI SHORT OF AIRPORT IN LOW CEILING AND FOG.

## 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 BFO92FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO92FA133), Sep 9, 1992: Cessna 182R (N5533N), Westerly, RI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: INADVERTENT VFR FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT…

## Other reports on N5533N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910708026699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910708026699A), Jul 8, 1991: Cessna 152 (N5533N), Indian Springs, NV, Substantial damage. Encounter rain turbulence at night lost. No glasses, VOR inop. No flashlight got vectors. Ran out of fuel en route.

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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