# Accident 20001004015429A: Cessna 182S, Santa Rosa, CA, October 4, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2000, 09:32 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Airport: Sonoma County
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5131° N, 122.8622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5131&lon=-122.8622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2373D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2373D-2007-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182S (registry code 2072701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX01FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001004015429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 4, 2000, AT ABOUT 09:32 PDT, CESSNA 182-S, N-2373D, OPERATED BY DRAGONFLY, INC. DESCENDED INTO A POND ABOUT TWO MILES WEST OF THE SONOMA COUNTY AIRPORT, SANTA ROSA, CA. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED BY INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED, AND SANK TO AN ESTIMATED 50 FOOT DEPTH. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. ON OCTOBER 5, 2000, AT ABOUT 15:35, THE BODY OF THE FATALLY INJURED PILOT WAS EXTRACTED, SECTION OF L/H WING, ENGINE, INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND TAIL SECTION WERE RECOVERED.

## 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 LAX01FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX01FA003), Oct 4, 2000: Cessna 182S (N2373D), Santa Rosa, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's loss of airplane control due to spatial disorientation. A related factor was the low ceiling.

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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