- Date
- July 28, 1980
- Place
- Vidalia, LA · VIDALIA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N759SSCessna 182Q
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800728031939A
- Case key
- 129449
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1893 80/7/28 VIDALIA,LA CESSNA 182Q CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 309 TIME - 0500 N759SS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONCORDIA PARISH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JENA,LA VIDALIA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 70 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CRASHED .5MI W OF DESTN ARPT ON DARK NGT.DARK CLD IN VCNTY ARPT.NO NGT OR INST FLT TIME LOGGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N759SS
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Concordia Parish
N759SSRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Cessna 182QAirframe modelCessna 182QEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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