# Accident 20040927024979A: Cessna 182Q, Morris, MN, September 27, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2004, 05:35 local time
- Place: Morris, MN
- Airport: Morris Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5406° N, 95.9597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5406&lon=-95.9597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N735VY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N735VY-2007-03-07) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 219 total, 25 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA284) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040927024979A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPT. 27, 2004 AT 0545 CDT, N735VY, CESSNA 182Q, PILOTED BY NATHAN PACKARD, PRIVATE PILOT, VFR, ASEL RATED, DEPARTED MORRIS, MN (MOX). WITNESSES REPORTED FOG IN THE AREA. WEATHER WAS REPORTED AT 0535 AS: OVERCAST AT 500 FT. AGL. WEATHER WAS REPORTED 0555 AS BROKEN CLOUDS AT 500 AGL. NIGHT INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS PREVAILED. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES SE OF THE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND AND WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT DID NOT SURVIVE. A WEAK ELT SIGNAL WAS DETECTED. NO FIRE RESULTED. THE WRECKAGE WAS NOT LOCATED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 28, 2004, BY LOCAL CAP PERSONNEL.

## 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 CHI04FA284](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA284), Sep 27, 2004: Cessna 182Q (N735VY), Morris, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate weather evaluation that resulted flight into night instrument meteorological conditions and a subsequent loss of aircraft control. Factors to the accident were the pilot's lack…

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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