# NTSB ATL81FA090: Cessna 182M, N71859, Haleyville, AL, July 2, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 2, 1981
- Place: Haleyville, AL · HALEYVILLE, AL
- Location: 34.2338° N, 87.6176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haleyville, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2338&lon=-87.6176&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 124563
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL81FA090
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA090

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1892   81/7/2    HALEYVILLE,AL       CESSNA 182M         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 147
        TIME - 2206                    N71859              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - POSEY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BATESVILLE,AR               BESSEMER,AL                  CULLMAN,AL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  1000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       72
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          130                                                       8
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- OBSD APCHG ARPT AT LOW ALT ON DARK NGT,FLEW OVR ARPT IN OR ABV CLDS.IMPACTED IN DIVE.RCVRD 7/6/81.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N71859](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71859-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 18259782, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182M
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Posey

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19810702038419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810702038419A), Jul 2, 1981: Cessna 182M, Haleyville, AL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. VFR pilot unable to locate airport flew into ground in night marginal weather. No ground lights in area.

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.

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