# NTSB investigations: Cessna TR182: 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 LAX03FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03FA142.md): Cessna TR182 · Eagleville, CA · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Apr 26, 2003 · N327PC · Destroyed
  > the pilot's encounter with mountain wave activity with downdrafts and severe turbulence, which resulted in a loss of airplane control and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper decision to continue flight into an area of…
- [NTSB NYC98LA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA038.md): Cessna TR182 · Owenton, KY · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 9, 1997 · N4701S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate preflight/inflight decision and VFR flight in instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing was a low ceiling.
- [NTSB LAX91FA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX91FA093.md): Cessna TR182 · Petaluma, CA · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 9, 1991 · N2415S · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadvertent flight into IMC and his failure to maintain aircraft control of the airplane. Factors which contributed to the accident related to the pilot becoming disoriented in the dark, nighttime, instrument weather conditions, and to the pilot's…
- [NTSB FTW90FA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90FA018.md): Cessna TR182 · Crane, TX · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 27, 1989 · N756WH · Destroyed
  > The pilot's inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), and his loss of aircraft control, due to spatial disorientation. Factors related to the accident were: the adverse weather conditions, and the pilot's lack of instrument…
- [NTSB DEN87FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87FA050.md): Cessna TR-182 · Moran, WY · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 2, 1987 · N6089T · Destroyed
  > The pilot received several weather briefings prior to departure. Briefings included reports of icing conditions, low clouds and turbulence. VFR flight was not recommended. Plt departed VFR and filed IFR enroute to jackson. The pilot was issued instructions…
- [NTSB DEN84FA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA085.md): Cessna TR182 · Tappen, ND · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 3, 1984 · N737QE · Destroyed
  > The private non-instrument rated plt received two weather briefings before the flight. During the last briefing at 1350 MST, he was informed that VFR flt was not recommended. At 1554 MST, the acft departed crystal arpt in a westerly direction. Several…
- [NTSB MKC82FCQ14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82FCQ14.md): Cessna TRI82 · Bunker Hill, KS · Accident · 2 fatal · Final report · Sep 6, 1982 · N756KD · Destroyed
  > The non-instrument rated pilot departed great bend, KS sometime after 2000 CDT on 9/6/83 on a flight to lucas, KS. On 9/9/83, the aircraft was found where it had crashed between great bend and lucas. No preimpact, mechanical failures were evident. The 2256…
- [NTSB FTW82FRG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FRG33.md): Cessna R182 · Bergheim, TX · Accident · 4 fatal · Final report · May 29, 1982 · N737RK · Destroyed
  > At 0010 the plt contacted san antonio tower approximately 10 mi north of san antonio intl arpt. He stated he was at 3100 ft in the clouds. The controller instructed the plt to turn left heading 030, maintain 3,000, & asked the plt if hewanted an IFR…

## 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 ('2072735')
    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=2072735&occurrence=240

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