# NTSB investigations: Cessna 182B: In flight encounter with weather

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DEN99FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99FA072.md): Cessna 182B · Pagosa Springs, CO · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 2, 1999 · N2424G · Destroyed
  > The pilot's disregard of the adverse weather forecast, and his flight into known adverse weather by flying into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors were the existing weather conditions that included low ceilings, obscuration, and icing conditions,…
- [NTSB CHI92LA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA283.md): Cessna 182B · Baldwin, WI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 21, 1992 · N90BF · Destroyed
  > Spatial disorientation as the pilot attempted visual flight procedures in instrument meteorological conditions.
- [NTSB SEA92LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA086.md): Cessna 182B · Dixie, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 30, 1992 · N8409T · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions. Factors relating to the accident were the high density attitude and the downdraft.
- [NTSB NYC91LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA077.md): Cessna 182B · Wallkill, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 18, 1991 · N2445G · Substantial damage
  > Decision by the non-instrument rated pilot to attempt flight into instrument meteorological conditions, resulting in airframe icing, loss of control and collision with trees. A factor related to the accident was the failure of the pilot to receive a…
- [NTSB FTW85FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85FA065.md): Cessna 182B · Brownsville, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Dec 3, 1984 · N2406G · Destroyed
  > The acft hit the stabilization wires on a 300 ft fm radio transmission tower followed by a collision with power- lines. Investigation revealed the plt & passg were enroute to the Brownsville, TX, airport to fly a DC-3 cargo acft to Mexico. At 1453 CST,…
- [NTSB SEA85FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85FA012.md): Cessna 182B · Tiller, OR · Accident · 4 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 15, 1984 · N2612G · Destroyed
  > The acft collided with rising terrain about 1800 ft below the crest of a ridge while on a personal flt in wx which had multiple cloud layers obsuring the mountains. A cap acft on a search mission in the same area at the aprx time reported multiple cloud…
- [NTSB DEN84FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA011.md): Cessna 182 · Hanksville, UT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 14, 1983 · N3254Y · Destroyed
  > There were two pilots aboard this acft which impacted in a steep nose down attitude on a plateau at 5000 ft MSL. Flight control continuity was established. The pilot was recently certificated & his class iii medical had expired. The second pilot held a…
- [NTSB CHI83FA445](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83FA445.md): Cessna 182B · Constantine, MI · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Sep 26, 1983 · N2531G · Destroyed
  > The non-instrument rated plt was on a x-country flt on a dark night. During the flt, the acft crashed in a corn field. Just prior to the initial impact, there was aprx a 15 deg descending angle cut thru the corn in the direction of flt & a 30 deg angle cut to…
- [NTSB ATL82DA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA169.md): Cessna 182B · Tuscaloosa, AL · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Jun 20, 1982 · N2519G · Substantial damage
  > The pilot had flown from eutaw to seale, AL to participate in a parachute activity. Although the plane was equipped for parachuting, it was not used for that purpose on that trip. Before returning to eutaw, the pilot used a dipstick to check the fuel and…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2072706')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 240))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2072706&occurrence=240

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