# Accident 20030927024379A: Cessna 182T, Concord, MA, September 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2003, 11:04 local time
- Place: Concord, MA
- Airport: Laurence G Hanscom Fld
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4925° N, 71.3525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4925&lon=-71.3525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N963LP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N963LP-2004-08-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC03FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030927024379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) TWO FATAL WHEN N963LP, CE-182-T, IFR ENROUTE FROM OSWEGO COUNTY AIRPORT (FZY), FULTON, NY TO BEDFORD (BED) MA. AIRCRAFT DEVIATED OFF THE RUNWAY 11 ILS APPROACH AND CRASHED 3 MILES WEST OF THE AIRPORT IN CONCORD MA AT 1104 EDT, 9/27/2003. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA IN THE MINUTEMAN NATIONAL PARK IN CONCORD MA. THE PILOT (PIC) WAS A BRIGADIER GENERAL WITH THE NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL GUARD. MR. SHAH WAS A FLIGHT SURGEON FOR THE NEW YORK AIR NATIONAL GUARD SPECIALIZING IN UROLOGY.

## 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 NYC03FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC03FA205), Sep 27, 2003: Cessna 182T (N963LP), Concord, MA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control due to spatial disorientation. A factor was the low ceilings.

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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