# Accident 20020904037769A: Cessna TR182, Tappen, ND, September 4, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2002, 19:40 local time
- Place: Tappen, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8936° N, 99.5322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8936&lon=-99.5322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N756WF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N756WF-2005-10-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TR182 (registry code 2072735, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02FA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA269) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020904037769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2002 AT 1940 LOCAL, A CESSNA TR-182, N756WF, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT AND PASSENGER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM BISMARCK AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 LOCAL. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CHI02FA269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA269), Sep 4, 2002: Cessna TR182 (N756WF), Tappen, ND, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout and his failure to maintain clearance of the transmission wires. Also causal was inadequate preflight planning. Factors associated with the accident were the low…

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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