# NTSB FTW82DA404: Cessna 182A, N3755D, New Braunfels, TX, October 1, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1982, 23:05 local (Oct 1, 1982, 04:05 UTC)
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Coordinates: 29.699382, -98.110824 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6994&lon=-98.1108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71967
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA404
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71967/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA404

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, cruise
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, cruise
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s)
  - altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REROUTED DUE TO DETERIORATING WX & WHEN IN THE VICINITY OF SAN ANTONIO ELECTED TO LAND AT SAN ANTONIO. THE PLT CONTACTED APPROACH CONTROL AT 2252 & REPORTED 18 MI EAST FOR LANDING. THE ACFT STRUCK TREES 5 MI NW OF NEW BRAUNFELS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3755D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34455
- Airframe hours: 2700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Harold D. Frakes
- Registered owner: Harold D. Frakes
- Departed: C, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
- Destination: C, SUGARLAND, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 176 total, 83 in this make and model, 128 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 120° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 800 ft overcast
- Temperature: 169 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19820930051829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820930051829A), Sep 30, 1982: Cessna 182A, New Braunfels, TX, Destroyed. Encountered IMC weather en route. Struck trees on precautionary night landing. Tried to circumnavigate weather.

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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