# Accident 20080809848369A: Cessna 182E, Juneau, AK, August 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.1514° N, 134.5053° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.1514&lon=-134.5053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9350X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9350X-2014-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182E (registry code 2072712, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08FA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080809848369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED YOUNGS LAKE, 15 MILES SOUTH OF JUNEAU, AK ENROUTE TO JUNEAU, AK AND HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE.  LOCAL AREA WEATHER WAS IMC.  AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH IN THE AREA YIELDED NO RESULTS.  THE ROUTES POSSIBLE TAKEN INCLUDED MOUNTAINOUS, HEAVILY FORESTED TERRAIN AND LARGE AREAS OF OPEN WATER.

## 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 ANC08FA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08FA133), Aug 10, 2008: Cessna 182 (N9350X), Juneau, AK, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to continue visual flight into an area of instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in the pilot experiencing a loss of visual reference and subsequent controlled…

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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