# Accident 20120302002599A: Cessna Aircraft Co LC42-550FG, Salisbury, NC, March 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2012, 13:40 local time
- Place: Salisbury, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6369° N, 80.2908° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6369&lon=-80.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N167ZP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N167ZP-2015-05-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna LC42-550FG (registry code 2073321, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-lc42-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO LC42-550FG
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL IO-550-N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 135 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120302002599A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KEXX (DAVIDSON COUNTY AIRPORT) AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 WITH 1 PILOT AND 1 PASSENGER.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED LAKE HIGH ROCK AT APPROXIMATELY 1340, ACCORDING TO NUMEROUS WITNESSES, FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT AND PASSENGER.  PILOT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED, WEATHER WAS FOG WITH RAIN/DRIZZLE AND HE STATED TO FUELER JUST PRIOR TO DEPARTURE THAT HE WAS AWARE OF WEATHER AND WOULD REMAIN BELOW 1800 FT.

## 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 ERA12FA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA205), Mar 2, 2012: Cessna LC42-550FG (N167ZP), Salisburry, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's decision to continue flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a loss of control.

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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