# Accident 19981029030999A: Cessna 182Q, Nixon, NV, October 29, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1998, 07:45 local time
- Place: Nixon, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8899° N, 119.2810° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8899&lon=-119.2810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95726, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95726-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 507 total, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981029030999A

## Narrative

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

ALNOT ISSUED TO 10/29, ACFT CRASHED IN MOUNTAINS, WRECKAGE LOCATED ON 11/1.(.19) ON OCTOBER 29, 1998, EXACT TIME UNKNOWN, A CESSNA 182Q, N95726, WAS DESTROYED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN NEAR NIXON, NEVADA. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED FROM GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, AT 0700 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME EN ROUTE TO WINNEMUCCA, NEVADA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED MISSING WHEN IT FAILED TO ARRIVE AT THE DESTINATION. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND ON NOVEMBER 1, 1998. (.4) THE NONINSTRUMENT RATED PILOT WAS EN ROUTE VFR ON A NORTHEASTERLY COURSE TO THE DESTINATION. DURING THE LAST 8 MINUTES OF THE FLIGHT, RECORDED RADAR DATA SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDING FROM 14,500 FEET TO 13,000 FEET, ON A SOUTHWESTERLY COURSE UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY ENTERED A LEFT DESCENDING SPIRAL AND DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE. METEOROLOGICAL DATA AND PILOT REPORTS SHOWED CLOUD TOPS IN THE AREA NEAR 15,000 FEET WITH HIGHER TOPS FURTHER EAST AND RIME ICING PROBABLE IN THE CLOUDS.  THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM FLIGHT SERVICE THE PREVIOUS EVENING (11 HOURS BE FORE THE FLIGHT) WHICH FORECAST VFR CONDITIONS ALONG THE ROUTE. THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FURTHER BRIEFING BEFORE DEPARTING THE FOLLOWING MORNING.  UPDATED WEATHER, AVAILABLE IN THE MORNING, CONTAINED REPORTS OF POORER WEATHER THAN PREVIOUSLY FORECAST.                                           (-23) SAME AS .19 ABOVE.

## 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 LAX99FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99FA020), Oct 29, 1998: Cessna 182Q (N95726), Nixon, NV, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument rated pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during an attempted flight into adverse weather which resulted in inadvertent VFR flight into instrument meteorological…

## Other reports on N95726 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840705032942A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840705032942A), Jul 5, 1984: Cessna 182Q (N95726), Richmond, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with N103PD which was conducting a drug surveillance mission. N95726 was in straight and level.

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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