# Accident 19981116031559A: Cessna 182P, North Santee, SC, November 16, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1998, 12:33 local time
- Place: North Santee, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5992° N, 80.3495° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5992&lon=-80.3495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6522M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6522M-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL99FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99FA019) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981116031559A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON NOVEMBER 16, 1998, AT 1233 EST, A CESSNA 182-P AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO LAKE MARION, NORTH SANTEE, SC. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER IN A NOSE DOWN, RIGHT WING DOWN ATTITUDE AND CAME TO REST IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE IN EIGHT FEET OF WATER.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HILTON HEAD AIRPORT (49J), HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC, AT 1200 HOURS.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  (FROM .4)  ACCORDING TO AN AUTOMATED FLIGHT SERVICE STATION, THE PILOT OF N6522M CALLED AND REQUESTED WEATHER FOR A VFR FLIGHT FROM HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA, TO CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, AT 0748 EST.  THE PILOT WAS GIVEN A STANDARD WEATHER BRIEFING WITH VFR NOT RECOMMENDED.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO CALL BACK AND CHECK LATER.  AT 1017, THE PILOT CALLED BACK TO CHECK THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.  HE AGAIN WAS GIVEN A STANDARD BRIEFING AND WAS TOLD VFR NOT RECOMMENDED.  AT 1134, THE PILOT OF N6522M, CALLED AND WANTED ANOTHER UPDATE ON THE WEATHER FROM HILTON HEAD, AND CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA.  THE WEATHER HAD NOT IMPROVED AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT CONDITIONS WERE STILL BELOW VFR MINIMUMS, AND HE WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE FLIGHT IN ANY DIRECTION.  THE PILOT DEPARTED  HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT 1150 AND WAS HANDED OFF FROM BEAUFORT APPROACH CONTROL TO THE CHARLESTON APPROACH CONTROL AT 1210. ACCORDING TO GROUND WITNESSES, IT WAS FOGGY AND THEY COULD HEAR BUT NOT SEE THE AIRPLANE AND BELIEVED IT WAS CIRCLING AROUND THE LAKE 'VERY SLOW'.  A SHORT TIME LATER A WITNESS WAS MOVING HIS BOAT TO A DIFFERENT FISHING SPOT, WHEN HE RAN ACROSS DEBRIS FLOATING IN THE LAKE.

## 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 ATL99FA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99FA019), Nov 16, 1998: Cessna 182P (N6522M), Santee, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot continued VFR flight into IMC conditions and lost control of the airplane due to spatial disorientation. Factors were foggy weather conditions and self-induced stress.

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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