- Date
- October 4, 1981
- Place
- La Sal, UT · LA SAL, UT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4875RCessna 182RG
- Status
- Completed · report March 22, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811004065289A
- Case key
- 122680
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3541 81/10/4 NR.LA SAL,UT CESSNA 182RG CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 597 TIME - 1400 N4875R PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 78 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIVERMORE,CA DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 35 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- STRUCK SIDE OF MTN AT APRX 9800FT ELEV.WITNESS AT 6000FT ELEV EST BOTTOM OF CLDS APRX 9000FT LVL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4875R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.